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.
Mainstream Academy Menu (for students in Yrs 7-11)
Please click HERE to view an example of the lunchtime menu which runs on a three-weekly cycle.
Sixth Form ‘Brewhouse’ Café Menu (for students in Yrs 12 & 13)
Please click HERE to view an example of the lunchtime menu which runs on a three-weekly cycle.
For the Sixth Form, Innovate are operating a loyalty card scheme, where students can get a free drink. Please click HERE to find out more.
Free School Meals
Any students with a Free School Meal allowance are invited to select items up to their daily allowance of £2.76, 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. To find out if your child is entitled, please click the following link: Free School Meals.
Who is eligible
Your child may be eligible for free school meals if you receive either:
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Child Tax Credit – provided you're not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190
- Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
- Universal Credit – provided your total household income is less than £7,400 per year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)
- The guaranteed element of Pension Credit
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
If you think your child is eligible, please click the following link to apply: https://www.cloudforedu.org.uk/ofsm/harrisfederation