EMS School Catering

We run our own kitchen at EMS - this gives us a lot more flexibility with what we can offer the students. We have a 3 week menu and fantastic Meal Deal options to give our students healthy nutritious meals on a daily basis.

Payment System

Money must be put onto students account before buying a meal. We are now a cashless school and use an online payment system.

For all payments in school, we use our parent app, Arbor. If you haven't got this or are experiencing any issues accessing your account please here for details: https://ems.bhcet.org.uk/parents/arbor-parent-app or call the school office on 01429 273790 who will aid you in getting up and running. 

Money can be paid in periodically at your own convenience but we would suggest that you credit the account with enough funds to last a week or a month.

Free School Meals

Could you be eligible for free school meals?

From September 2026 all children from households receiving Universal Credit will be entitled to receive a free school meal. This change has been introduced through the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026. There will now be two categories of Free School Meals: 1) Targeted FSM - for families receiving Universal Credit with annual household earnings of £7,400 or less. These pupils will continue to receive a free school meal and will also receive other benefits within school 2) Expanded FSM - for families receiving Universal Credit with household earnings above £7,400. These pupils will be entitled to a free school meal only. We strongly urge parents to apply, if you meet the criteria above:  Apply Here for Free School Meals

The government have also confirmed that transitional protections will no longer apply from September 2026. This means families will need to continue meeting eligibility criteria, each academic year to be eligible for free school meals. All families must check eligibility annually from September 2026. You can check eligibility using the link above. 

Eating Habits

Is your child's money not lasting the week? As a parent/carer you can put restrictions on how much your child can spend per day. Contact school to get the restrictions put in place.

Allergy Aware

Every BHCET school meal is free of nuts or nut products, however, we cannot guarantee that all of our ingredients have been manufactured in completely nut-free environments, at all stages of their supply chain. In some cases, while our ingredients will be nut free, they will have been made in a factory that also produces products containing nuts. 

We also take all reasonable steps to try and minimise the chance that nuts are brought onto our school sites, by either pupils, parents or staff; but again, we cannot guarantee that our sites will always be completely nut free. 

We ask that parents please support us in this by remembering not to send your child to school with either a packed lunch or snack that contains nuts. 

We also ask that any parent of a child who suffers from a nut allergy, speaks to the school office to ensure that we have a robust individual care plan in place. 

 

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