School Meals
(Also known as: School dinners, City Catering)
We are Southampton City Council's in-house catering team. Every day we serve up healthy dinners in our schools.
Charges:
The current price for a school meal is £1.70 in primary schools and £1.80 in secondary schools.
Ways To Pay:
In primary schools, parents should make payments in person at the school office. In secondary schools, students should pay for their dinner in the canteen.
Contact Details:
Address: City Catering, Civic Centre, Southampton
Postcode: SO14 7LP
Telephone: 023 8083 3108
Email: city.catering@southampton.gov.uk
Details of service:
Good food, good service, good value
As a part of the Authority's Education Service, we offer a range of quality services to schools. We work closely with the Headteachers of Southampton's schools to deliver better value to our pupils. We are committed to achieving the highest standards of food. We do this through our caring and professional kitchen staff.
We offer a full three-week menu to our Primary and Special Schools, which fully complies with the Governments new School Food Standards.
In our Secondary Schools, our customers enjoy a choice of menu, which reflects modern eating trends, and allows them to choose a balanced, healthy diet, at an affordable price.
If your child does not already take school lunches why not give them a try? At a current cost of £1.70 a day in primary schools and £1.80 a day in secondary schools, they offer excellent value for a nutritional, balanced meal.
The menus represent the standard choices available to your child. Some schools may offer alternatives to meet the Ethnic, Religious or Special needs of their pupils.
If you are looking for a term time job in School catering, please go to our Job Vacancies page for more details.
Primary and Special School Meal Services
You can view the menus for Primary and special schools here.
Secondary School Meal Services
We provide our Secondary School customers with choices from a menu that reflects modern eating trends. We are committed to giving our customers what they want. We also want to make sure that your children can benefit from the Government’s new School Food Standards.
Special Requirements
Please note that some schools may offer alternative choices to meet the Ethnic, Religious or Special needs of their pupils.
Hospitality Assured Award
This page gives you info about the award we got for our meals provision.
Free school meals
Some children are entitled to receive free school meals. Click here to find out how to access this service.
Standards For Food In Schools
A guide to the government's new food-based standards for school lunches from the School Food Trust.
Last updated: 28 July 2008
