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Welcome to our healthy, tasty and nutritious school meals page.

School meals are a great way to be sure your child is eating a healthy and well-balanced meal during the school day.

Waltham Forest Catering's school lunch bunch ensure that tasty school lunches, on average, provide one third of a child’s daily nutritional needs.

What's on the menu?

Waltham Forest Catering ensure there is an excellent, wide variety of tasty school lunches every day of the week, including Caribbean, Asian, Mediterranean, and traditional dishes, so there is sure to be something for everyone's taste.

Our lunches consist of a main course and dessert made fresh on the premises each day, freshly baked bread and seasonal fresh fruit and vegetables.

Primary schools (serviced by Waltham Forest Catering)

Waltham Forest Catering provide school lunches to all of the primary schools except Hillyfields Community School, St Patricks Primary School and Mission Grove Primary School and Acacia Nursery.

Download the Primary school and nursery menu - Summer Term (Weeks starting 1 June - 19 July 2010) - (413KB PDF file)

Secondary schools (serviced by Waltham Forest Catering)

Waltham Forest Catering provides school lunches to Connaught Girls, Leytonstone, George Mitchell, Holy Family Technology College, Norlington Boys and Willowfield Schools.

Download the Secondary schools menu - Summer Term (71KB PDF file)

Value for money

School lunches offer great variety, great taste, and great value, as well as being healthy and nutritious.

For just £1.75 for primary and £1.80 for secondary you can get a tasty two course meal. You can pay for your school meals in the way that is most convenient for you – weekly, by term, or half-term. Please discuss arrangements with your school office. Many children will qualify for free school meals, (please see below).

  • Please note: this is the average price of a school meal. Price may vary in some schools depending on school policy.

Do you qualify for free school meals?

Free school meals are school lunches which are provided each school day to pupils for no charge.

Free school meals are now administrated by the Benefits Service, making it simpler to apply.

For information on whether your child is eligible for free school meals and how to apply click on Free school meals Benefits Service leaflet, (PDF file, 1,163 KB) or visit the Free school meals page on the Waltham Forest Council website.

New nutritional standards for school lunches

The nutritional standards mean that school meals must contain the set minimum and maximum levels of nutrients to provide the optimum nutritional balance.

School meals meet the Government's rigorous nutritional standards, which have been put in place to make meals healthier and give children what they need to develop, grow and lead a healthy and active lifestyle.

You can find everything you need to know about the new nutritional standards and what you can do to help your children by visiting: www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/parents-carers

Remember, school meals are a great way to be sure your child is eating a healthy and well-balanced meal during the day, so don’t miss out and apply now.

Try these recipes at home

School meals can take care of children eating well at school, but what about at home?

If you are finding it tough to introduce healthy eating at home, try making these simple recipes for your family. These healthy, tasty and nutritious recipes are an example of what can be found on our school meal menu.  

Garlic and lemon chicken (151KB PDF file)

Banana loaf (151 KB PDF file)

Change4Life

Waltham Forest Council is in support of Change4Life. In order to maintain a healthy weight we need to both eat better and move more. Many families are making changes that will help them live healthier and longer lives. Visit the NHS Change4life website or call 0300 123 4567 for more information.

Change4Life Pack

The Change4Life Pack (1.3MB PDF file) has been designed by NHS Waltham Forest as part of the Change4Life programme. It aims to help parents with advice and support to get our kids moving more and eating better. For more infomation contact the community dieticians on 020 8430 8096.

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Contact us

If you would like to write to us then please use the address below:

Waltham Forest Catering Service
Children and Young People Services
Silver Birch House
Uplands Business Park
Blackhorse Lane  E17 5SD

Tel 020 8496 3000