School Meals
Café
About the Café
Caterlink are education catering specialists, meaning that we focus solely on primary, secondary, academy and college clients. Healthy eating is at the very heart of our approach to food. We wholeheartedly encourage balanced diets within our cafes and significantly invest in training our teams. Our policy of purchasing a range of seasonal produce from local and regional suppliers enables us to deliver exceptional value.
We are proud of our food heritage which demonstrates our commitment to the quality of meals we serve. We are committed to sourcing ingredients with assured provenance from local and regional suppliers in every kitchen we work in. We use produce with high standards of animal welfare – for example, Red Tractor meat, RSPCA assured free range eggs, Marine Stewardship Approved (MSC) fish and a range of fair-trade produce.
Our menus are nutritionally balanced, full of local flavours and tailored to suit the school. They not only meet but exceed government guidelines. We run a three-week menu cycle to ensure a good variety is always on offer.
Each site has its own dedicated team who will engage with the students, staff and parents through Student Councils, cooking classes and competitions.
Opening Times
Years 7, 9 and 11
07:45 – 08:20 Breakfast Club
11.00 - 11.25 Break
12.25 - 13.00 Lunch
Years 8, 10 and Post 16
07:45- 08.20 Breakfast Club
11.00 - 11.25 Break
13.25 - 14.00 Lunch
Application for Free School Meals
Parents who receive certain benefits may be eligible for free school meals. We want to make sure as many eligible students as possible are claiming their free school meals.
Further guidance can be found by clicking: https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals
To receive free school meals, a claim must be made by the student, their parent or another responsible adult.
To make a claim please complete the form by clicking on the following link: https://www.cloudforedu.org.uk/ofsm/sims
Cashless School Meals System
Walton High is able to take online payments via Arbor for cashless catering, trips. If you already have your username and password and you would like to use this service, please log into your Arbor account. If you have any questions or problem, please contact Arbor Help at arborhelp@wh5d.com
Cashless catering is a computerised system where no cash payments are made at the till in the Café. Spending will be recorded in the student's account by the use of a swipe-card. When a swipe card is used, the software allows recognition of each individual student, holds individual cash balances, records cash spent and cash-received, records where money is spent, on what food, on any specific date and time of day.
What to do if your child has no money on their card
If a student has no money in their cashless catering account, a meal will be provided that day on production of a blue temporary catering card. Students need to request temporary cards from Student Services at break time in order that they can obtain a meal at lunchtime.
An email will be sent home to their parents to inform them that a meal has been provided for their child. The value of the meal plus any money required for subsequent days must be paid by the next day as it will not be possible to issue further temporary cards until the account is back in credit.