Restaurant and Free School Meals information
School Meals
From September 2026 Aspens Services Ltd will be providing Meridian High School's catering service.
As a specialist school caterer, Aspens is dedicated to serving schools and understands the important role great food plays in the school day. Their chefs create fresh, nutritious and appealing menus inspired by the current food trends. You can read more about Aspens in their information flyer or website (links below):
Aspens Parent information Flyer
At Meridian High School we have 2 catering outlets:
- The Restaurant
- The Food Pod- Meridiyums
The school main lunch menue rotates on a three-week basis and refreshes for Autumn/Winter and Summer/Spring seasons.
You can find the menues linked below.
Streateries is our secondary main lunch offer where every day has a theme. Featuring Global cuisines, customised offers and the comfort of our familiar school canteen favourites. Each day the menu includes a street food dish, a hand held version, vegetarian/vegan choices along with a selection of sides.
Our Deli Kitchen brand is for the popular standard Aspens hot and cold offers. This can range from Authentic Italian Pizza and pasta, Hacienda Mexicana's burritos, rice pots and sides and Voulez Poulet house rub chicken, dogs and sides through to our range of healthy sandwiches, paninis, wraps, jacket potatoes, salads, fruit and cold dessert pots.
Great Value
Our Meal Deal is priced at £3.00 for 3 items and includes:
The Main Lunch Meal of the day/Hot Deli Special/Jacket Potato/Pasta Pot/ Just Sandwich/ Baguette plus any 2 items from the list below:
- Dessert of the day
- Plain ater
- Traybake
- Whole Fruit or Fruit Slice
Porridge and Sugar Free Syrup Offer
Streateries Autumn Winter Menu Schools with 2 week October Half-Term
Blue Mountain Fruit Ice Flyer for Parents
The School’s catering is completely cashless. Parents/Carers can make payments and top up their child’s account via the ParentPay website or in cash at local stores where you see the PayPoint logo.
If you add money to the basket in error, you are able to withdraw this by going to the Parent Account Tab and press the Withdraw button at the bottom of the screen.
To top up your child account, please click on the link below:
Free School Meals
Could your child be entitled to Free School Meals?
From September 2026, Free School Meals (FSM) are available to all children whose household receives Universal Credit, regardless of household earnings.
Families must still complete an eligibility check so that the school can confirm and record their child's entitlement.
Check Free School Meal Eligibility
Why is it important to complete the check?
As well as ensuring that your child receives a free school meal, completing the check helps us identify children who may qualify for additional support.
There are two categories of Free School Meals from September 2026:
Targeted Free School Meals
Children in households receiving Universal Credit with annual household earnings of £7,400 or less are entitled to a free school meal. Their eligibility may also attract Pupil Premium funding for the school. The current Pupil Premium rate for secondary-aged pupils is £1,100 per eligible pupil.
Pupil Premium funding is used by us to improve educational outcomes and provide additional opportunities and support for pupils in receipt of the premium.
Expanded Free School Meals
Children in households receiving Universal Credit with annual household earnings above £7,400 are also entitled to a free school meal. However, this expanded entitlement is for the meal only and does not generate Pupil Premium funding.
Children may also qualify under other criteria, including some families receiving income-related Employment and Support Allowance, the guarantee element of Pension Credit, support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, and some families with No Recourse to Public Funds.
Important changes from September 2026
The previous transitional protection arrangements for Free School Meals ended at the end of the 2025/26 academic year.
This means that eligibility must now be checked under the new rules. Families whose children previously received Free School Meals should therefore complete a new check, even if their child has received Free School Meals for several years.
Eligibility will also be rechecked each academic year.
Check your child's eligibility
The quickest way to check is through Meridian High School's online eligibility checker:
Check Free School Meal Eligibility
If you believe your child is eligible but experience difficulty completing the online check, please contact the school reception or:
Ms Rebecca Williams
r.williams2@meridianhigh.london
