School Lunches
The school provides a free breakfast from 8am and Aspens provide a break time and lunchtime service.
Meals provided by Aspens are varied, freshly prepared and cooked on the premises.
The canteen provides a range of options each day, including sandwiches, pasta & noodle pots, wraps & pizzas, jacket potatoes as well as a meat and vegetarian option.
We have a special menu to celebrate particular events throughout the year e.g. Black History Month, Christmas or Chinese New Year.
Students are able to purchase food using the “cashless” catering system. Staff and students access their accounts using their fingerprint (a biometric scan, which generates a unique numeric code and does not store the fingerprint).
Students personal accounts can either to topped-up with cash in school or online via ParentMail.
Students are also welcome to bring their own packed lunch, which they can eat in the canteen or at one of the picnic tables around the school.
Free School meals
We would encourage all parents to apply for free school meals if you think that you are or maybe eligible.
Students who are entitled to free school meals, automatically have their money added each day,
Each child registered for free school meals receives an extra £935 which we are able to use to support your child’s education.
Eligibility criteria:
If parents or carers are in receipt of any of the following benefits:
- Universal Credit with an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Support under Part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The guarantee element of Pension Credit
- Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for the four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)
- Child Tax Credit (with no Working Tax Credit) with an annual income of no more than £16,190
Check here if you are eligible - Free School meals Eligibility Checker
If parents are eligible for free school meals, please download the certificate and email it to medical@hendonschool.co.uk
If parents are not eligible, no certificate will be issued and they should contact the Department for Work and Pension (DWP) or HMRC for an answer.
