School Meals and Snacks

Parents can choose whether to supply a home-packed lunch or school dinner for their child. Our kitchen is run by Herfordshire Catering (HCL) who offer well-balances, nutritious meals. Each day, our cooks prepare a selection of hot and hot meal options. The cost of school dinners is as follows:

Main School £3.45 per day (£17.25 per week) as of April 2025

Nursery/Acorns £2.58 per day (£12.75 per week) as of April 2025

Booking a School Dinner

Meals can be booked online via The School Grid and must be paid for in advance https://schoolgrid.co.uk/products/parentgrid/   

All School meals need to be booked before 8:55 am on the day. The school office are unable to book these on behalf of parents. Parents/Carers are responsible for removing a childs meal in advance if they are absent on the day of a booking before 8:55 am or Hertfordshire Catering will charge for the meal. Parents who are in receipt of benefits or other allowances may be eligible for free meals, please contact www.hertsdirect.org or telephone 01438 737370. 

• Log into the School Grid with your parent email and password (If you have forgottonyour password, please speak to the school office)
• Credit will need to be added for children in Year 3 and above if they are not eligable for free school meals. To do this, select 'Account' and 'Make a Card Payment'.  For all other children, skip straight to the next step.
• Select 'Order Meals'
• The menu for the current week will display to select a meal option for each of of the days of the week. 
• Select the blue icon with the white arrow to book for future weeks. Parents can book upo to a terms meals at one time.

If your child has any medically confirmed allergy or dietary need, and you wish to book school dinners, please submit an application for a specialised menu before booking their first meal. This may includes allergies or needs such as no diary/low diary, no pork, halal etc. You can make your application here: https://specialmenu.hcl.co.uk/ 

Please note: The school office will contact parents to request a home-packed lunch is supplied before 11:30am if no school meal has been booked or home-packed lunch provided for the child.

Home-packed Lunches

If your child would prefer a packed lunch we ask that it is a well balanced meal without sweets or fizzy drinks. We are a nut and sesame free school (this includes chocolate spread) and any fresh food wrapping should be foil rather than in plastic bags or cling-film. Lunch boxes must be clearly labelled with your childs name. 

Snacks

Acorns Preschool children are provided daily milk, fruit and a savory snack during their session. Nursery and Reception pupils are provided daily milk and fruit. Children in Year 1 and 2 will be provided daily fruit for a snack. Children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 should bring in a snack from home, if they would like one. We ask that homr snacks are fruit or cereal bars (with no nuts or chocolate).