School Catering
School Meals
From September 2026 Aspens Services Ltd will be providing The Beacon School’s catering service.
As a specialist school caterer, Aspens is dedicated to serving schools and understands the important role great food plays in the school day. Their chefs create fresh, nutritious and appealing menus inspired by current food trends. You can read more about Aspens here or on their website here.
At The Beacon School we have two catering outlets:
- The Bistro
- The Hatch
Menus
The school main lunch menu rotates on a three-week basis and refreshes for Autumn/Winter and Spring/Summer seasons.
You can find our new menus in the below links.
Streateries is our secondary main lunch offer where every day has a theme. Featuring Global cuisines, customised offers and the comfort of our familiar school canteen favourites. Each day the menu includes a street food dish, a hand held version, vegetarian/vegan choices along with a selection of sides.
Our Deli Kitchen brand is for the popular standard Aspens hot and cold offers. This can range from Authentic Italian pizza and pasta, Hacienda Mexicana’s burritos, rice pots and sides and Voulez Poulet’s house rub chicken, dogs and sides through to our range of healthy sandwiches, paninis, wraps, jacket potatoes, salads, fruit and cold dessert pots.
Great Value
Our Meal Deal is priced at £3.00 for 3 items and includes:
The Main Lunch Meal of the day/Hot Deli Special/Jacket Potato/Pasta Pot/Just Sandwich/1/2 Baguette plus any 2 items from the below:
- Dessert of the day
- Plain Water
- Traybake
- Whole Fruit or Fruit Slice
Breakfast (Free Porridge Offer)
Streateries Menu - Autumn/Winter
Aspens Secondary Parent Communication July 2026
Allergen Safety
At The Beacon School, the safety and wellbeing of students with allergies is a priority. We are committed to creating a safe, inclusive and supportive environment where all pupils can participate fully in school life. Our approach follows the Department for Education's statutory guidance on Allergy Safety in Schools and the requirements of Natasha’s Law.
Developing independence is an important part of allergy management therefore secondary students are highly encouraged to discuss their allergen requirements with catering staff and to check allergen information regularly to help them make safe food choices.
We will support safe food choices in our school canteen by ensuring:
- There is clear allergen & ingredient labelling on all pre-packed, grab and go items (eg sandwiches, boxed salads etc) in line with Natasha’s Law.
- There is daily allergen information available at every service point. This will be in the form an accurate Allergen Matrix folder with catering staff on hand to assist students with their queries.
The Aspens Allergen Policy is linked above. If you have any further queries relating to allergens or the catering provision for students in The Beacon School please email our Aspens Operations Manager, Keith Masson directly on keith.masson@aspens-services.com copying in the school office.
How to pay for meals?
We operate a cashless system and all students pay using their fingerprint which is taken when they join the school. When an item is bought from the canteen your child’s finger is scanned and matched to the digital record. Parents must therefore ensure that their canteen account on ParentPay is topped up regularly, if you wish your child to buy food. There are no arrangements for credit and the canteen cannot take cash. You can find more information about ParentPay here.
Free School Meals
Your child may be eligible to get free school meals so please follow the link below for more information on Free School Meals and How to Apply.
