Order or register for school meals.

Find out how your school currently orders your child’s daily lunchtime meal with HCL.

We have a wide variety of fresh and healthy choices to choose from each day. This includes baked bread, freshly prepared salad, and a choice of delicious desert.

Order or register for school meals

Read Our Feeding Healthy Minds Leaflet

Sample Menus

We’re passionate about food!

Our dedicated team of catering professionals use fresh, local and seasonal ingredients to create delicious balanced meals for your children.

Sample menu

Our food values

We are proud to:

Did you know we freshly prepare over 82% of meals on-site using unprocessed ingredients? This exceeds our requirements and supports our belief that children should have access to high quality food.

We offer a range of different menus to cater to children’s dietary needs. This includes gluten free, pork-free, beef-free and beef and pork-free menus.

comply with the School Food Standards and to hold Silver Food for Life accreditation.

be committed to sourcing our food sustainably.

be committed to only buy from growers, producers and wholesalers who maintain a safe and reliable and fully-traceable supply chain.

buy 100% British, organic Milk.

use Lion Quality Free Range Eggs.

use seasonal British vegetables.

use British Farm Assured Meat and Poultry that is Red Tractor accredited.

have local partnerships with butchers.

only use British potatoes.

ensure that all of our Fish is MSC Accredited.

serve Yeo Valley Organic Yoghurt.

proactively reduce sugar throughout our menus and hold the Sugarwise Platinum accreditation in our Primary Schools.

provide baked bread for children to enjoy with their lunchtime meal.

make sure that we avoid using GM (genetically modified) foods and specified E Numbers, colourings, preservatives, additives and allergens.

We use fresh and, where possible, seasonal vegetables in all of our menus.

Most of our food comes from local suppliers. It’s important to us that our suppliers have commitments to sustainability that work in line with our targets.

Our Suppliers

What parents say...

“The kitchen staff are amazing and will always go the extra mile for the children.”

Primary school parent - Stevenage

“As my child goes to after school club 4 out of 5 days, it is very helpful to know he is having a nutritious meal at lunchtime.”

Primary school parent - Royston

“My son is very happy with the choices provided at school, and he normally eats everything offered to him! He likes choosing from a menu each day.”

Primary school parent - Stevenage

Allergy management in:

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For primary school children with food allergies or intolerances, parents and guardians can access our Allergy Management System. This system ensures that your child’s food medical requirements are managed by our expert Nutritionists and Kitchen Teams.

Primary schools

Find out more

Within our secondary schools, we follow a strict food labelling regulation, Natasha’s Law, to ensure that a list of ingredients are available for students, and the presence of 14 key allergens are displayed on all pre-packaged food items.

Secondary schools

Order your child's meals

We want your children to enjoy their lunchtimes with their school friends.

We use fresh, local, and seasonal ingredients to deliver a hot and healthy meal each day.

Find out how your school currently orders their meals with HCL by clicking on the link.