School meals
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We are excited to announce that from April 2025 our school meals will be provided by Edsential.
Edsential is the first catering company in the world to use only sustainable Palm Oil in their menus, working closely with a wide network of environmental and conservation leaders as part of their journey in empowering young people to lead environmental change. Our pupils will be protecting the rainforests and the people and animals that live there all through their school meals!
Edsential carefully sources every bite to bring young people the most sustainable, seasonal, healthy and super tasty food. We know that the provision of good food improves behaviour, growth and the ability to concentrate – leading to happier, healthier children. Our new school menus offer quality food using quality ingredients:
Edsential are the first catering company in the world to use only sustainable palm oil in their menus.
Seafood is MSC certified, meaning it is sourced responsibly and comes from a sustainable fishery.
All meat comes from a traditional local butcher, ensuring top quality meat can be traced from field to fork.
Seasonal menus mean young people are in receipt of dynamic new flavours and the freshest, ripest ingredients.
All meat is traceable, British, safe to eat and produced responsibly.
Approved organic foods meet the highest standards of animal welfare, environmental and wildlife protection.
Eggs and the hens they come from meet stringent international standards, are British and are not reared in cages.
All menus meet the ‘Healthy Eating in Schools’ Standards and adhere to the ‘5-a-day’ guidelines.
Our new menus run on a 3-week cycle and support ‘Sugar Swap’ and ‘Meat Free’ days. Also available daily is freshly baked bread, seasonal vegetables, salad, fresh fruit and organic yoghurt. Edsential cater for most cultural and dietary needs, so if your child has an allergy or special diet please get in touch with school.
