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Primary

School

Parents

Feeding Growing Minds

We take our responsibility for feeding growing minds extremely seriously. With a rang of Nutritionists, Menu Coordinators, School Chefs, and Catering Teams we carefully craft balanced dishes using quality ingredients to support children’s learning, growth, and wellbeing.

Every meal we provide is fuelling our students learning, so it's only right that we serve them balanced, nutritional meals everyday.

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Our Suppliers

We use fresh and, where possible, seasonal vegetables in all of our menus. 
 
Where we can, we also support British farming and suppliers. It’s important to us that our partners have commitments to sustainability that work in line with our targets.
 

Our Menus

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

Our menus vary to fit specific school dietary requests and other factors such as allergens, cultural or lifestyle preferences. You can view a sample copy of one of our current menus below.

Our food values

We are proud to:

Did you know we freshly prepare 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 School Food Standards and hold a Bronze Food for Life Served Here (FFLSH) Accreditation.*
Be committed to sourcing our food responsibly and sustainably.
Only buy from growers, producers and wholesalers who maintain a safe, reliable and fully traceable supply chain.
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Buy 100% British Milk.
Use Lion Quality Free Range Eggs.
Use seasonal British vegetables, when available.
Use British Farm Assured and Red Tractor Certified Meat and Poultry
Have local partnerships with butchers and green grocers.

*We can also provide unofficial Silver and Gold standard FFLSH menus upon request. This will come at an increased price point to our usual Bronze standard menu offerings.

Exclusively use British potatoes.
Ensure that all of our Fish is MSC Accredited.
Avoid using GM (genetically modified) foods and specified E Numbers, colourings, preservatives and additives.
Proactively reduce sugar throughout our menus and hold the Sugarwise Gold accreditation in our Primary Schools.

*We can also provide unofficial Silver and Gold standard FFLSH menus upon request. This will come at an increased price point to our usual Bronze standard menu offerings.

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: 

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

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. 

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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.

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