Dining Room
From September our catering provider will be Innovate Services Ltd, an award-winning company who began in 2007 when they were invited into a Senior School to transform their catering facilities and keep more students onsite at lunchtime. They have rapidly grown until today and now serve over 350 senior schools and colleges and 160 primary schools across the country. They form part of a larger group called Impact Food Group (IFG) made up of their sister companies Cucina and Chapter One. They are an education catering specialist with a vision of “Transforming lives through the power of food”. We are very excited about our new partnership with Innovate.
What’s on the menu?
Innovate has long been considered the most inventive school caterer and that’s because we’re very clear about our food. All our dishes are prepared every day using quality, fresh and seasonal ingredients that are responsibly sourced. As well as ensuring the food on the plate is healthy, we want our customers to understand the importance of eating the right foods and help them with their food and nutrition journey.
A huge selection of 'grab and go'items including baguettes, paninis, burritos and salads to name a few.
A variety of healthy, tasty main meals prepared fresh every day from carefully selected ingredients. The menu will follow a similar weekly pattern,so you know what to expect, providing over 35 choices each day in addition to the ever-popular chef specials, themed events and loyalty schemes.
OurStreet Vibes range, global street food that tours the world. It’salways changing; from Korean fried chicken, Chinese bao buns, to Greeksouvlaki, there’s always something new to try!
Asalad bar bursting with flavour, from traditional garden salads through to composite salads with a wide variety of grains, proteins, and dressings
Theme days we're travelling around the world! We'll go to different regions each half term, with 3 days of special dishes alongside Street Vibes street food for the whole half term. There are also lots of individual special days and promotions that will run throughout the year!
Catering services are available at breakfast time, break, and lunch. You will top up your daughter’s canteen account on ScoPay, and your daughter uses this to pay for refreshments and meals at the till via a fingerprint sensor *. As a rough guide, we currently expect a spend of £2.85 for a lunchtime meal.
* you will be asked to provide biometric consent and if not provided will be given details of alternative arrangements
In the exceptional circumstance that an account has not been topped up in time for lunch, your daughter will not go without a meal but your account with our catering provider, Innovate, will become overdrawn. Please remember to top up the account in good time to avoid further arrears. A representative of school will contact you to discuss overdue accounts that are not settled promptly. There is a balance checker available in the dining room which students can use to discretely check their balance at any time.
I have a free school meal allowance, what can I have?
We want to ensure that all of our customers have access to a healthy nutritious meal, with this in mind, we have some meal deals in place. These include the hot main meal offer, a hot wrap or hot chefs special with a hot dessert.
We have also developed our “ChillDeal”, 4 items can be purchased for the free school meal price. Cold items such as filled rolls, crudites, fruit pots etc. (Usually priced at £1.10 each) can be bundled together at the free school meal price. However, students can purchase any items they wish that fall within the free school meal allocation, including the breakfast and break time offer at the school.
Got an allergy or intolerance? No problem!
Our catering team have got you covered - all our dishes come with full ingredient and allergen information. Pre-packaged items are clearly labelled with the 14 major allergens
Need a hand? Our friendly Allergen Buddies are here to help you choose safely, answer your questions, and make sure you can eat with confidence every day.
Tell us what you think
Once you’ve tried our service, let us know what you think. Drop us an email at hello@impactfood.co.uk to tell us about your dining experience.We also run regular customer and parent surveys which are sent out via the school: with the results being used to improve our service and adapt our menus.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
Yours sincerely,
Paul Gatrell
Regional Operations Manager
