Catering
Hope Valley College is proud to offer freshly made food, cooked on-site by our in-house catering team in our dedicated restaurant.
We recognise that a great school food culture improves student health & wellbeing. As part of this we aim to:
- Offer tasty, nutritionally balanced meals, that cater for a wide range of dietary requirements.
- Engage with our student council, seeking valued feedback and menu suggestions.
- Use local businesses where possible to supply our products.
- All of our food that is prepared and pre-packed for sale is fully compliant with allergen labelling law that came into effect from 1 October 2021.
- All of our staff are trained in food safety and in October 2024 we received another 5* health and hygiene rating.
Our lunchtime menus currently operate on a 3-week rotation and the menus can be viewed at the bottom of this page.
If anyone has any questions or concerns relating to the school food offer or dietary requirements, please contact school and our catering team will be happy to help.
Paying for school meals
We use a cashless catering payment system to enable students to pay for food in school. Dinner money accounts can be topped up using ParentPay.
Free School Meals
Applying for free school meals is straightforward, confidential and online and can save you approximately £540 a year. Your child’s lunch account is automatically and confidentially credited with £3.00 each day, which is enough for a "meal deal". If your child wishes to purchase anything above the allowance, including food at break or additional drinks, extra funds can be added using the online payment software called ParentPay.
If the full meal allowance is not used up daily, any surplus will be lost - it will not roll over to the next day. The meal deals below are available every lunchtime.
Meal Deal 1
- Main meal of the day
- Hot or cold homemade pudding
- Water
Meal Deal 2
- Grab 'n' go snack
- Hot or cold homemade pudding - plus
- Piece of fresh fruit
- Water
Meal Deal 3
- Cold sandwich
- Homemade cake or mixed fresh fruit
- Milkshake or apple/orange juice carton
Further information on free school meals is available at the bottom of this page.
Additional Support
Hope Valley College receives pupil premium funding for students who receive free school meals. To find out more, including how we spend this funding, please see our pupil premium page.
Eligibility
Just log into the new speedy free school meal checker system to see if your young person is eligible.
Visit www.derbyshire.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals or scan the QR code to check and apply:
