School Lunches

The school’s catering service is provided by Taylor Shaw, caterer of choice for thousands of secondary school students across the UK.

We believe lunch is an integral part of the school day. When students sit down with friends, they cement relationships, enhance social skills, and replenish both their body and mind.

Our menus are exciting, nutritious, and appealing, served in a supportive environment designed to educate students about how they can make healthy choices to support their wellbeing and improve their ability to focus.

Our freshly prepared menus meet the Government’s School Food Standards and meet the bronze Food for Life standards. Please see our menus, price lists and key information below.

Our meal deal is priced at £2.65 and includes: Main Meal or Grab & Go Option & a Traybake or Fruit Pot

Eatuitive is our wellness initiative designed to help students make informed food choices that support healthier, more fulfilling lives. It provides engaging information and video content created by Registered Dietitians, ensuring students receive accurate, trustworthy advice, avoiding reliance on misleading information often found on social media.

Keep an eye out for our regular Theme Days and Global Kitchen Pop-Ups, featuring exciting flavours from around the world.

At Taylor Shaw, all our colleagues are trained and up to date with allergen procedures and will provide accurate allergen information to your child. If your child has allergies, we would ask that they speak to our server for information so that they can be provided with the information they need to make an informed and safe choice.

Eating a School Lunch is Better for Your Child

Did you know only 2% of packed lunches meet the nutritional standards that currently apply to school food? Five reasons school lunches are better;

1. They save time & money
2. They’re nutritionally better than a packed lunch
3. They promote a varied diet & encourages new tastes
4. They support inclusivity, dining with friends
5.  They help academic attainment by being linked to improved concentration

Your child may be able to get free school meals if you get any of the following:

• 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 guaranteed 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 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
• Universal Credit - if you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)
• Children who get paid these benefits directly, instead of through a parent or guardian, can also get free school meals.

To find out how to apply please follow this link: North Northants Free School Meals