Our school lunches are provided by our in-house catering team.

Our catering team is supervised by our cook, Mrs. Watkins, who has been with William Ford for over 14 years. The team work tirelessly to provide a varied and nutritious lunch menu, ensuring dietary needs and requirements are met for all students. We offer a 2-course lunch.

In May 2023, Mayor Sadiq Khan announced that all pupils up to Year 6 (end of primary school) will receive universal free school meals for the academic year 2026-2027

 

 The menu runs in 2-weekly cycles, providing daily Red (meat) and Green (Vegetarian) options and is inclusive of favourites suggested by the pupils through our Pupil Voice Surveys. It is important to us that we offer new experiences of food to our pupils, which we do through our themed days throughout the year. 

Please note that we are a nut free, healthy eating school and DO NOT SERVE HALAL MEAT. We recommend you speak to the catering staff or school office if your child suffers with allergies or has dietary restrictions.

 

 

Lunch includes A 2-course lunch, a self-serve fresh salad bar, freshly baked breads, and water or milk.

• The menu runs on a 2-week cycle.
• Each day offers a Red (meat) option and a Green (vegetarian) option, we also offer a daily Blue option of Jacket Potato.
• The menu includes favourites suggested through pupil voice surveys, alongside new food experiences and themed days.
• The school is nut free and follows a healthy eating approach.
• The school does not serve halal meat.
• Please speak to catering staff or the school office about allergies or dietary restrictions, and make sure allergies and food intolerances are recorded on the new pupil form.

Packed Lunches

Should you wish your child to bring a packed lunch to school, please ensure it is suitably packed in a plastic container. No glass containers or glass filled thermos flasks are permitted for reasons of safety.

Please note, as part of our Healthy Eating bid, pupils should not bring chocolate snacks or sugary, fizzy drinks as part of their packed lunch. 

We are a nut-free school so, therefore, kindly ask that no food items containing nuts are included in your child's packed lunch as we have staff and pupils with severe allergies.  

Trips

If your child is attending an all-day school trip, you are required to provide them with a packed lunch. 

Free School Meals

.Your child may be qualify to free meals at school. Applications can be made online via the LBBD website. Although all pupils up to year 6 receive a free lunch applying and qualifying for educational benefits (free school meals) will reduce the price of school trips and after school clubs. If you require any support, please contact our Parent Liaison Officer, Mrs Kerry Noakes, on 0208 270 6582 or email office@williamfordschool.co.uk who will be very happy to assist you.

Due to the fluctuations in finances over the last year, we would encourage all parents to complete this form as you may not be aware of your entitlement.

If you have no recourse to public funds, you can now make an application for free school meals. Please contact the school office to request the application form. For further information, please visit www.nrpfnetwork.org.uk.

THE GOLDEN TABLE

At William Ford, the pupils pride themselves on calm, respectable behaviour across the school and whilst we appreciate that lunchtime is when our pupils can release their energy and reset ready for the afternoon, the behaviour expectations remain. Whilst pupils can earn house points for positive behaviour throughout the day, our catering team suggested an exciting initiative where our children can be nominated for a Golden Ticket for being helpful or having a positive attitude. They put them into the jar for their Year group and 12 names (3 from each year group) are invited to dine on the Golden Table every Monday.

The children receive an official invitation and are able to select from the day's hot lunch or the special golden table lunch.