School Meals

Aspens Catering

From June 2025, Itchen Abbas Primary School will be working with Aspens Catering Team for school lunches.

Food Festival Traditional Menus - Summer 2025

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

We only work in the education sector so we know what our customers want. Mixing this knowledge with an understanding of what’s hot in the food world sparks creativity and excitement in our chefs. Our kitchens provide delicious home cooked food each day and cater for individual dietary requirements.

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

We don’t just provide food, we play our 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.

How school meals can support your child’s diet

All children need a nutritious, balanced meal to grow and meet their full potential.

School meals need to be compliant with the School Food Standards. These were created to help children develop healthy eating habits and ensure that they get the energy and nutrition they need across the whole school day. Therefore, parents should be able to trust that the school’s menu has been developed based on scientific nutrition research.

Click on the link to find out more about the Governments School Meals Food Standards: https://www.gov.uk/school-meals-food-standards

Free school meals

Check if your child can get free school meals in England and find out how to apply on your local authority’s website here: https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/education/school-meals/free-school-meals-and-milk

Special Diets

Special diets are an integral part of our 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 the Aspens Allergen Pupil Form found below and return to the school as soon as possible.

Our Planet

We work closely with our clients and suppliers to be as environmentally friendly as we can. By making lots of small changes, we can make a big difference. We care about the future and continue to focus on responsible sourcing, using seasonal produce, increasing our focus on plant-based recipes, making our menus more sustainable, keeping waste to a minimum and reusing and recycling to reduce the impact we have.

Join Our Team

It takes some pretty special people to make sure that we give our school children and young adults great food every day. We are keen to add to our teams with talented people and so if you are looking for an opportunity to challenge yourself and learn new skills, let us know.

The price of a school meal in Hampshire is £3.20.
All meals must be paid for via Scopay, we are unable to accept cash at this time.

Due to the size of our school, all of our meals are cooked off-site and delivered to school daily by Aspens.

If you have any questions concerning the menu or school meals, please contact the school office.