Catering
Our catering is provided by Hutchison Catering, an independent, family-run catering supplier that maintains a traceable supply chain, and values ethical farming practices and locally sourced food where possible. We recognise that a great school food culture improves student health and wellbeing and Hope Valley students enjoy freshly made food in our dedicated food court.
(on a three-week rotation)
Hutchison regularly gather ideas and feedback from students so that they can provide tempting, nutritionally balanced and wide-ranging food options that our students will enjoy. We work with Hutchison to:
- Offer tasty, nutritionally balanced meals
- Provide a varied lunchtime offer, including hot and cold food, ‘grab and go’ items, sandwiches and wraps
- Cater for a wide range of dietary requirements
- Use local suppliers wherever possible
- Cook our meals on site in our own kitchens
- Make sure that 80% of our dishes are freshly prepared
- Follow the standards set by the Soil Association Food for Life Partnership
- Maintain a 5-star hygiene-rated kitchen
- Minimise packaging
- Recycle as much as possible
Meal deals
Every day we offer a £3 meal deal at lunchtime that showcases tasty new dishes and offers great value. A range of budget options is also offered for those students on a smaller budget or looking for a smaller portion.
Meal Deal 1
- Main meal of the day
- Dessert
Meal Deal 2
- Grab 'n' go
- Dessert
Meal Deal 3
- Sandwich
- Dessert
- Any drink
Morning break snacks
Hungry students will be able to buy a tempting range of morning snacks to see them through to lunchtime. These may include toast, crumpets, sausage rolls and a honey and blueberry overnight oat pot.
Dietary requirements
All food products and menus will be clearly labelled where applicable, and all catering staff receive allergen training.
Special dietary requirements including vegetarian, vegan, halal, gluten-free and allergies can be accommodated. Please contact enquiries@hopevalley.chorustrust.org for further information.
Paying for school meals
We use a cashless catering payment system to enable students to pay for food in school. Your child’s dinner money account can be topped up using ParentPay.
Free school meals
Your child may be entitled to free school meals if your family receives any of the following:
- Universal Credit
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- the guaranteed element of Pension Credit
- support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- support as a family with no recourse to public funds (NRPF)
Applying is straightforward, confidential and saves you money every year.
How do Free School Meals work?
Your child’s lunch account is automatically and confidentially credited with enough money for their school meal each day. Your child’s lunch account is automatically and confidentially credited with £3 each day, which is enough for a ‘meal deal’. If your child wants to spend more than £3, including food at break or additional drinks, extra money can be added to their account using ParentPay.
During lunchtime there is no distinction made between those receiving free school meals and those who do not.
At the start of each school year, the local authority will check the eligibility of new applications for FSM and current pupils with FSM, after which all eligible students will be entitled to FSM for the full academic year.
Pupil Premium
Did you know that if pupils receive Targeted Free School Meals, we’re automatically allocated Pupil Premium funding?
This grant allows us to make significant improvements to the education we can offer in school, especially for our disadvantaged students.
