School Meals
Why choose a school lunch?
Our school lunches are provided free of charge to all of our Key Stage 1 children. The Key Stage 2 children can choose to pay for a school lunch.
- A school lunch improves concentration and helps children to focus in the afternoon.
- Our menus encourage children to enjoy a varied diet, improving their long term health.
- Eating a school lunch with friends is social and great fun.
- Value - they are incredibly good value and so convenient
About free school meals
All children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to Universal free school meals.
If you receive certain benefits, your child may be entitled to free school meals from Reception, including sixth form or college students.
How to apply for free school meals
You should check the eligibility criteria before completing an application form.
If you meet the eligibility criteria, you can apply for free school meals for your child using the online application form.
Your application will be processed by Cambridgeshire County Council within three working days of receiving the online form. If successful, you and your child's school will be informed of your child's entitlement to free school meals. Applications that do not pass, will be continually checked for Eligibility.
Our good food guarantee
For full peace of mind, our state-of-the-art systems keep everyone safe, blocking dishes containing specific allergens that might get in the way of creating the best possible experience for your pupils.
It’s the same for any dietary requirements too. Whether it’s for religious, medical or ethical reasons, parents can let the school office know of any needs to be aware of. The system then relays this to your kitchen, so they’re in the know when it comes to things like dairy, pork and beef.
For a fully catered-to experience, Dolce also serves up:
- Vegetarian and vegan options, alongside meat and fish choices
- Varied vegetable and starchy accompaniments for a balance of vitamins and minerals
- 1,000+ recipes across our site complete with nutritional and allergen information
Silver Award
With increased interest in supply chain sustainability and an ever growing shift towards a plant based diet, we have been working hard to ensure that our menus keep up. Our most recent menus have placed the plant based meals at the top, more times per week. These are often the first dishes that parents and pupils see and choose, when ordering their meals. We have also reduced the amount of beef in our menus and introduced more plant based proteins. These include plant based cheeses, pulses & beans, sausages and mince. This helps us to improve our work on sustainability, while producing food that children recognise, will choose to order and most importantly, eat.