Catering

Haberdashers' Academies Trust South has partnered with Innovate to provide the children at our school with healthy and nutritious school lunches.

About Innovate

Innovate is part of the award-winning Impact Food Group (IFG), a team of experienced caterers who are driven to create a positive food culture within schools and, ultimately, feed more students better food. Our menus include nutritious, tasty meals which offer families great value for money.

Your Menu is:

Full of variety; our menus change regularly and feature familiar favourites and exciting new dishes
Made with fresh, seasonal ingredients
Healthy and balanced
Fully compliant with government guidelines and school food standards
Free from added colourants and preservatives

We Cater for Special Dietary Needs

Innovate provides a variety of meat, vegetarian and plant-based dishes. We also cater for a range of allergies and intolerances and are happy to discuss these with you.

Theme Days & Special Events

We hold regular themed days and events to engage children with the lunch service. From fun menus for events like World Book Day, to educational sessions and signage, we want to encourage children to try something new children to look forward to lunchtimes.

Once you’ve tried our service, let us know what you think. Drop us a line at primary@impactfood.co.uk

We look forward to hearing from you!

Purchasing School Meals

Primary school children in state-funded schools in London will get free school meals for the 2024/25 academic year. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan is providing the funding as an emergency cost of living support measure, recognising that families are in urgent need of support.

Free School Meals

If you think you are eligible for Free School Meals, please make a Free School Meal application (even with the Mayor of London funding) directly to:

https://www.cloudforedu.org.uk/ofsm/link2ict/apply

Please contact the school office if you have any queries regarding these changes.

Packed Lunches

Packed lunches should include:

At least one portion of fruit and one portion of vegetables.
A carbohydrate food such as wholemeal or granary bread, pasta, potato salad.
Dairy food such as milk, cheese, yogurt or custard.
Meat, fish or other source of non- dairy protein.
Drinks should be water, still or sparkling, fruit juice, semi skimmed milk, yogurt or milk drinks or smoothies.

An example of a healthy packed lunch may look like this: tuna or ham salad sandwich, bread sticks with a hummus dip, cucumber or carrot batons, apple, yogurt and a bottle of flavoured water.

Healthy guidance for packed lunches:

An alternative to snacks such as crisps could be seeds, vegetables and fruit. Savoury crackers or bread sticks served with fruit or vegetables are also a good choice.
Confectionery such as chocolate bars and sweets should be avoided if possible. Cakes and biscuits should only be eaten as part of a balanced meal.
Try to avoid processed meat products such as sausage rolls, individual pies, corned meat and sausage / chipolatas where possible
Fizzy drinks or energy drinks are not allowed in School at all.

Allergies & Special Diets

Please be aware that some students suffer from severe nut allergies. Please do not put items in your child's packed lunch containing nuts.
We also recognise that some students may require special diets that do not exactly comply with Health In Education standards. In this case we urge you to be responsible in ensuring that packed lunches are as healthy as possible.

For the reasons above, we ask that students do not swap food items.

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