School Meals & Menu
Our catering services are proudly provided by Innovate, part of the Impact Food Group (IFG), a highly experienced and trusted school caterer, working in partnership with the Harris Federation.
Innovate delivers a varied and nutritious menu designed to appeal to all students, with a special bistro-style café offer available exclusively for our Sixth Form. Both menus are prepared using fresh, seasonal ingredients that are responsibly sourced, ensuring meals are healthy, balanced, and full of flavour. All non-pork meat products served are certified Halal.
To keep things exciting, students can also enjoy a range of themed menu days, such as Harvest Week, Chinese New Year, Love British Food Fortnight, and World Cultural Diversity Day, offering opportunities to explore a wide variety of tastes and cultures.
All food and drink purchases are managed through our cashless catering system, making transactions quick and easy for students.
For more information on healthy eating and balanced diets, you can visit the Eatwell Guide from Public Health England.
An example of the lunchtime menu available in our mainstream academy for yrs 7-11 can be found below. This runs on a three-weekly cycle.
An example of the lunchtime menu for Sixth Form is shown below. This runs on a three-weekly cycle.
Innovate operate a loyalty card scheme where sixth form students can get a free drink. Please click HERE to find out more.
Any students with a Free School Meal (FSM) allowance are invited to select items up to their daily allowance of £2.84 (from 1st September 2026), from a choice of either a hot main meal, hot wrap, baguette, or other snack, plus dessert and squash. The Blue Dot Meal Deal is also available to students with a FSM allowance.
Your child may be entitled to free school meals or a premium to assist with their education.
Even if your child does not wish to eat free school meals but is entitled to, the Academy could receive funding to help your child with tuition, resources, coaching and any other relevant extra assistance.
Who is eligible
From the start of the 2026 to 2027 academic year, FSM eligibility has been expanded to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit regardless of household earnings.
Free school meals are available to students in receipt of, or whose parents are in receipt of, one or more of the following benefits:
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Universal Credit.
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support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
For full details about entitlement to free school meals please visit Thurrock Council's website by clicking the following link: Free School Meals.
If you think your child is eligible, please click below to apply:
https://www.cloudforedu.org.uk/ofsm/harrisfederation