Food & Drink

We are proud to work with Chartwells for your children’s school dinners.

Chartwells pride themselves on being more than just secondary school caterers. Through their student dining branded experience – Food Union – you can be confident they will deliver a delicious, inclusive and standards – driven food offering committed to excellence, and designed to make every meal an opportunity for connection and great nutrition.

Chartwells work alongside students, taking on board their feedback, to fuel performance, encourage success and help them realise their full potential through truly memorable mealtimes.

Their commitment to nourishing students doesn’t stop at the kitchen, which is why they go above and beyond to cultivate a positive relationship between students and healthy food that continues long after they’ve left school.

Whilst children in secondary school are deemed able to self-manage their dietary requirements, including food allergies and intolerances, should you have any concerns please contact the medical diet nutrition team directly on: chartwells.medicaldiets@compass-group.co.uk

We work hard to ensure that our food is always good value for money, with the price of our main meals being £2.75 from Monday 5 January 2026.

Free School Meals

You can apply for ‘Free School Meals’ using the link below to the online free school meals form and to check eligibility:
https://www.hants.gov.uk/educationandlearning/education-catering/parent-information/primary/free-school-meals

Eligibility

Free school meals are available to pupils in receipt of, or whose parents are in receipt of, one or more of the following benefits:

• Universal Credit (provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods)
• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The guarantee element of Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
• Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit.

Healthy Packed Lunch

What’s in your packed lunch?
And why it’s important for you!

We want you to think about what goes into your packed lunch so that you can have the best day possible and also consider your long term health.

Get involved: Share a picture of your lunch with a quick description and how it fits the checklist – further details on the poster (download below). House points for entries and the best will be shared with the school.

Healthy Packed Lunch Poster – Download (PDF)

Healthy Packed Lunch Checklist – Download (PDF) | Download (Word doc)