All our meals are compliant with the government’s school foods standards, designed to help children develop healthy eating habits and ensure that they have the energy and nutrition they need to get the most from their whole school day.

Allergen information is available for each menu item for parents to review, but we also encourage our Unit Catering Managers to work with parents to discuss dietary requirements to ensure each child can be catered for safely. Allergen management is something we take very seriously. All staff must complete and pass a ‘Natasha’s Law’ training module as part of their induction, and ongoing refresher training is provided to all catering staff. Each time a new menu is published there is a thorough process that takes place to identify any allergens in the new recipes. We can also cater for special dietary requirements such as including gluten-free options, which we know is important to your school and pupils. We have experience of working with children on the autistic spectrum (ASD) and make extra efforts to ensure an inclusive approach for all pupils within the service.

We have robust systems and processes in place which ensures children cannot pre order a meal that contains food that they are allergic to or cannot eat due to other dietary requirements. We do not routinely publish allergen information on our website because manufacturer’s sometimes change the ingredients in the food they produce and when this happens, we are notified and our systems are amended accordingly to prevent a child from pre ordering food in school or a parent/caregiver preordering food online. Relying on allergen information on the website would not advisable because the website is not part of the systems and processes that we have in place to manage allergens/dietary requirements, and as such the information displayed on a website might not be up to date. However, if you would like to any allergen information, we would be happy to share details with you – please contact scsdietaryrequirements@solihull.gov.uk