We have our own in house catering team at Calcot Schools so we prepare our own fresh meals everyday. Each day we provide a selection of hot meals and these come served with fresh vegetables, salad and home made bread. Main courses include meat or fish dishes, a vegetarian option, a cold option and an alternative such as filled baked potato or salad. In addition, the children can select a pudding of their choice or a yoghurt and a piece of fresh fruit. Our menus include vegetarian options and we can cater for allergies and food intolerances if we are notified in advance. Our catering team are passionate about providing our children with a varied, healthy and nutritious diet. Our kitchens have been highly commended for their 5 star food hygiene rating.

How to order a school meal

All infants are entitled to hot free school meals (which are government funded and known as Universal Free School Meals). Alternatively, you can provide them with a packed lunch.

In the Juniors (Years 3–6), school dinners are available and can be ordered via MCAS as below.  A school dinner costs £2.75.  You may provide your child with a packed lunch as an alternative.

Dinners can be pre-ordered via MCAS in advance.  Ordering in advance really helps us when ordering produce and preparing meals. However, children can still request a school meal in class every day, should they need to, as the meals are prepared fresh and to order each morning.

Junior School - To order a dinner – Before you can order any dinners you must first top up your child's purse. To do this on the app, select the Dinner tab from your main dashboard. You will see your current balance in the top right corner of your screen. Click the balance and from there you can top up.

To top up from a web browser, you can locate Dinner Money on your main dashboard and select the amount you want to load.

Once you have topped up the purse, you can select the Dinner options from the menu provided under the dinner tab. This will not deduct funds from the purse. Funds will be deducted once the meal has been taken at school. Cut off for placing orders is 48 hours. To amend your order, go back to the Dinner tab and select the day you would like to change. This will allow you to change the meal choice.

Infant School - To order a dinner - Go to the Dinner tab on your main dashboard and select the options from the menu. Cut off for placing orders is 48 hours. To amend your order, go back to the Dinner tab and select the day you would like to change. This will allow you to change the meal choice.  

Click on the links below to download the menu for Summer Term 2025