School Food Standards guidance came into effect in January 2015, and we are pleased to confirm that our menu from our Catering Provider, Chartwells, complies with these regulations.
Chartwells understand that as secondary school students grow into young adults, it’s important that they have access to nourishing food that helps them make the most of their education, achieve their full potential, and develop brilliant social skills. As secondary school caterers, they know that the key to enriching their mealtime experiences and fuelling their developing minds is striking the perfect balance between the food they need and the food they enjoy.
Please see the current menus and the tariff information below.
Menus and Student Voice
Chartwells update their menus twice per year taking inspiration from the high street and other food trends to improve appeal to students, reduce the carbon footprint, and enhance nutritional profiles. In addition, they regularly run themed days and meal deals. We will be looking to implement student voice sessions and tastings with the catering team for our students to identify their changing preferences and feedback about service quality and provision as well as suggestions for catering initiatives.
Secondary Menu and Tariff
Primary Menu
Allergens
For young people affected by an allergy, intolerance or other medical dietary requirement, it is vitally important that they develop the skills they need to make safe food choices in all environments, whether at home, in school or other out-of-home settings. Chartwells believe it is important that young people recognise their responsibility to manage their dietary requirements as soon as they are able to and for many students, the progression into secondary education provides a welcome opportunity for this development. The catering staff are happy to support any students enquiring about allergens and have information available about the 14 legal allergens in every dish on their menus.
Chartwells do not prepare managed medical diet menus for secondary age students, instead, their focus is on providing a broad mix of balanced meal options that will enable all students to choose a nutritious school lunch, regardless of their dietary requirements or preferences. Please see the Chartwells Medical Diets Policy below for more information.
Chartwells never use any product containing nuts as an ingredient but will, on occasion, use products with a ‘may contain nuts’ declaration – providing there are no nuts present in the ingredients list.
Please contact your child’s Year team with any queries or to provide information about any dietary allergies your child may have.
Free School Meals
Students who are eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) automatically have their account credited each morning with the full entitlement each day. Currently this is £3.24 as this is the cost of the two-course meal deal available every lunch time.
Student are encouraged to use the funds to purchase the two-course meal deal at lunch time, however there are no restrictions on the items that can be purchased. If the entitlement is not spent during the day, the balance resets to zero, it does not carry forward to the following day.
To complete an online application for Free School Meals, please visit: East Sussex County Council Free School Meals