The school offers a hot school meal service provided by Chartwells using ‘Steamplicity’ technology at a cost of £2.97 per meal. All of the meals in the Steamplicity portfolio have been approved by Chartwells nutritionists to ensure they meet the latest government guidelines.
All meals should be booked via ParentPay. This will be for all Free School Meals and for paid meals.
Please note that Parentmail will still continue to be our method of communication and payment for trips/activities. ParentPay is just to be used for ordering hot school meals for your child.
All activation letters have been emailed out with login details for ParentPay.
Please note that these have been emailed to the priority 1 contact on our records. If you require additional accounts set up, please contact us at office@thomasabecketjunior.org.uk.
Please see the information guides below to help guide you through the procedure for booking hot school meals. Please note that this also applies to those children who are entitled to Free School Meals.
All meals must be ordered on ParentPay by midnight on the Thursday, 10 full days before the week the meals are to be taken.
Once you have confirmed the meal you will receive a confirmation email showing the meals that you have booked.
Please remember that if you pay for meals, this must be done within 2 hours of selecting them on ParentPay.
Any children who are entitled to free school meals can order a free school packed lunch if they are due to be out on a school trip during the usual hot meal service. This must also be done on ParentPay. Please select Chartwells Trip Lunch on the required day before the cut-off point.
Special Diets
Religious diets will be catered for by the vegetarian meal option.
For children with food intolerances and allergies, Chartwells have a dedicated team of medical diet nutritionists on hand to support allergen aware children and their parents. More information on their medical diet process can be found here: The Chartwells Approach to Medical Diets | Chartwells
Parents and guardians can contact the medical diet nutrition team directly on: westsussexspecialdiets@compass-group.co.uk.