School Meals

Hot meals - Aspens

From September 2025, our school kitchen was taken over by Aspens.

Aspens Services are a market leading contract catering company specialising in school food.

Aspens only work in the education sector so they know what their customers want. Mixing this knowledge with an understanding of what’s hot in the food world sparks creativity and excitement in our chefs. Aspen's kitchens provide delicious home cooked food each day and cater for individual dietary requirements (see section at bottom of this page).

Aspen's make sure that their Food Festival menus are packed with comfort dishes and, at the same time, help pupils to take their first steps with new tastes to explore.

Aspens don’t just provide food, they play their part to educate children and raise awareness about nutrition, food and where it comes from, so that they can make informed and mindful choices. Feeding our future.

Please find information below by clicking these links from Aspens:

Aspens family information pack

Aspens Lunch Menu (April 2026 - October 2026)

If you have any queries or feedback regarding menus then please contact Aspens directly via this email address: info@aspens-services.com

SWIFT KITCHEN - LAUNCHING 26TH JANUARY 2026

→ Swift Kitchen Guide for Parents/Carers

→ Swift Kitchen information video to set up and use your account

Packed lunch from home

If your child does not want the school lunches on offer that day, then please send them in with a packed lunch in a named lunch box.

It is important that packed lunches do not contain nuts or any items with nuts in as we have severe nut allergies at Stoneham Park Primary Academy. This includes nutella, nut chocolate spreads, crepes with nut spreads, peanut butter, cereal bars containing nuts, cakes containing nuts and many more.

For some healthy lunchbox ideas, please click here.

Is my child entitled to a free school meal?

All pupils in Year R, 1 and 2 are entitled to receive a free school meal each day under the government's Universal Infant Free School Meal programme (UFSM).

Pupils in Year 3-6 will be required to pay for school meals, in advance of eating the meal, via the child's Arbor account. Meals currently cost £3.20 per day (as at July 2025)

Families on low incomes can apply for Free School Meals (FSM). We advise parents to make the application in Year R and again at any time you have a change in income. Children in receipt of means tested Free School Meals (FSM) in Years 3-6 will still receive a free lunch.

IMPORTANT: If you are in receipt of certain benefits, the school may qualify for extra funding to support your child's learning. Please see the section below for information on how to apply and Pupil Premium Funding

Free school meals beyond year 2 may only be available only to children whose parents/guardians are in receipt of one or more of the following benefits:

https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals/hampshire

It is important to apply for free school meals even if your child is in Year R, 1 or 2. This is because the school will receive extra funding to support your child/children. There is an online service, where you can check your own eligibility for free school meals beyond Year 2, or you can check on behalf of someone else. It is quick and easy to do. To complete the check, you will need the following information for yourself, or the person you are checking on behalf of:

Name, home address and email address
National Insurance Number or National Asylum Support Service reference number
Child’s name, date of birth and school

Click here for Eligibility Checker

Special Diets

Special diets are an integral part of Aspen's catering provision, whether as a result of an ethical or religious belief or a food intolerance or allergy. To register any special diets as a requirement please complete and return the special diets form to the school as soon as possible.

Please click these links for more information:

Stoneham Park Academy