School meals at Oathall are prepared and served by our own in-house catering team. Our catering team are committed to delivering the highest standards using fresh, good quality ingredients. The food and drink that we offer comply with the school food plan standards.

Menus are rotated every two weeks. From time to time, we may vary our menu particularly if ingredients are not readily available or if we are featuring a themed menu.

We also serve at break and lunch, a selection of sandwiches, baguettes, rolls and bagels. As well as a variety of fruit, salads and yogurts and homemade cakes. Water and assorted cold drinks are also sold. (Water is also available from a drinking station during break times).

We offer gluten-free and vegan menus but ask that your child pre-orders this each day with the canteen team to avoid waste.

Meal deals & free school meals
Students can use their FSM allowance at either break or lunchtime – not both. This can be used to buy:

  • Break time: They can have either a baguette or a sandwich. They can also have a dessert.
  • Lunch time: They can have either a hot meal, or pasta, or a jacket potato, or a sandwich, or a baguette. They can also have a dessert.
  • Desserts include Jelly, Whips, Fruit, or the daily hot meal dessert. Cakes are not included. 
Drinks are not included with Free School Meals, but jugs of water are always available for students to help themselves to at break and lunch times.
 
We operate a nut-free policy but we are not always able to guarantee that nuts are not brought into the school by other children. If your child has any specific dietary requirements please email the catering manager and we will do our best to accommodate any requests.
 
Daily expenditure limit

To prevent students from buying too many items in one go, we set a daily expenditure limit of £10 per student. If you want this to be changed to a lower or higher amount please email the catering manager We recommend keeping a minimum balance of about £15 on your child’s account if they are a regular canteen user.

MCAS Dinner money payments

Oathall uses a cashless payment system for buying school meals and refreshments. Accounts are automatically assigned to every student. If your child is going to use the canteen you must add funds to their dinner money account using MCAS. Students entitled to free school meals have £3.25 added to their account every day. Students on FSM can add funds to their own canteen account which can then be used on the full range of items. (Please note the daily limit covers all items bought including the FSM.)

How to make online payments in MCAS