Catering
We believe that great food plays a vital role in supporting both wellbeing and learning. That’s why we are proud to partner with Caterlink, a leading school catering provider dedicated to delivering fresh, nutritious and delicious meals every day.
Our three-week rotational menu ensures there is always something new to enjoy, helping to keep lunchtimes exciting and engaging.
Students can expect:
- A diverse selection of hot meals and lighter options
- A mix of familiar favourites and new flavours
- Vegetarian and dietary options to suit different needs.
Students and staff at Penrice can enjoy a range of food and drink options from two service points within the school canteen, as well as two outdoor catering huts located in the Year 7 and Year 11 student yard areas. All catering across these locations is provided by Caterlink, with each service point open during both morning break and lunchtime.
Pop Up Menus
Caterlink also run a variety of special day menus throughout the year, often celebrating an event or culture. Recent Pop-Up Menus have included St Piran's Day, Chinese New Year, and 'Destination Turkiye'.
Breakfast Club
The school also offer a morning Breakfast Club from 8-8:30am, where students can pick from the menu below:
Free Options
Porridge, Toast.
60p Options
Bread Roll, Hash Brown, Sausage/Vegetarian Sausage, Baked Beans, Egg.
£1 Options
Fresh Fruit Pot, Beans on Toast, Cereal & Milk, Yoghurt Pot, Croissant.
Cashless Catering
Penrice Academy utilises a Cashless Catering system which means items are purchased from the canteen or huts from credit on the individual’s account using either biometrics or a pin-number.
Free School Meals (FSM)
If your child is entitled to Free School Meals an allocation of £2.75 will automatically be added to their cashless catering account each day for them to spend in the canteen, just like any other child going through the canteen. Any unspent funds from the day’s £2.75 allocation will disappear at the end of the day so students are encouraged to make use of their allowance each day.
There are a range of Meal Deals available for £2.75 to enable a student to get a complete lunch with their FSM entitlement. Please note though that if a student spends some of their £2.75 at morning break they may not then end up with enough left to purchase a meal at lunch time. The meal deals do offer a significant saving over buying the items individually, so offers the most food for the money.
If your child does not currently receive Free School Meals, you can find out more about eligibility and apply here.
Dietary Requirements
Dietary requirement information held on the schools records is shared with the till system to enable this information to be displayed to the till operator when serving the child. The canteen team may use this to prompt a child to consider their dietary requirements and choices and may refuse to sell an item to a child if they fear it is counter to the child’s dietary requirements.
The system won’t specifically identify if an item being purchased contains a relevant allergen and so the canteen team can only offer limited support and can’t take responsibility for managing a child’s dietary requirements. Students are therefore required to self-manage dietary requirements and allergens when accessing the canteen. Full ingredient and allergen information is held by the catering team for all items and meals available from the canteen.
A student can ask in the canteen to look through or refer to this information folder at any time. If a student needs further support accessing the information and navigating the canteen system please contact penriceenquiries@penrice.celtrust.org
and we will support however we can. We can arrange for ingredient and allergen information to be made available for parents/carers to view with their child, so please get in touch if this would be helpful.