Catering
⚠ Please note Dudley is a nut-free zone because of children with severe allergies.
We are proud to work with Chartwells for your children’s school dinners.
Chartwells believe that the key to fuelling young minds comes from understanding both what they need and what they enjoy, which is why they develop nutritious and delicious food that pupils love, alongside helping to ensure a healthy body and mind. Their passionate culinary experts work closely with us to ensure every child receives healthy food, perfectly suited to meet their needs and dietary requirements.
To order school meals for your child please contact our school office and they will be happy to help.
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For children with food intolerances and allergies, Chartwells have a dedicated team of medical diet nutritionists on hand to support allergen aware children and their parents. More information on their medical diet process can be found here: The Chartwells Approach to Medical Diets | Chartwells.
Parents and guardians can contact the medical diet nutrition team directly on:
chartwells.medicaldiets@compass-group.co.uk
To find out more about Chartwells, visit their Love School Meals website or contact the school catering team.
Eating in school should be a pleasurable experience for pupils and this is something that we aim for here at the academy. The School Food Standards are designed to help children develop healthy eating habits, and ensure that they have the energy and nutrition they need to get the most from their whole school day.
The food-based standards specify which types of food should be served at school and how often.
A child’s healthy, balanced diet should consist of:
- plenty of fruit and vegetables
- plenty of unrefined starchy foods
- some meat, fish, eggs, beans and other non-dairy sources of protein
- some milk and dairy foods
- a small amount of food and drink high in fat, sugar and salt
The Foods Standards information poster, includes useful information to help children develop healthy eating habits and ensure that they get the energy and nutrition they need across the whole school day.
Each morning signs are placed on the blackboard in the playground stating the meal choices for the day. These are outlined in red, green and yellow. The children decide on their meal and when the register is called in class they tell the teacher which colour they have chosen. This information is then passed to the Academy kitchen.
Free school meals
From September 2014 all pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 in state-funded schools will be eligible for free schools meals. Further information can be found on the East Sussex County Council website.
East Sussex County Council Free School Meals
For other children, free school meals can be provided to parents or carers if they are in receipt of any of the following benefits:
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Child Tax Credit (provided they are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190, as assessed by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs)
- Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
- During the initial roll out of the benefit, Universal Credit
Anyone entitled to Working Tax Credit is not entitled to free meals regardless of income.
Children will continue to receive free school meals if they meet the existing eligibility criteria and are in receipt of full-time education or education both before and after the lunch period