School Meals

All students are able to have a healthy, freshly-cooked lunch in the school dining room if they wish. We provide a range of meals and cater for individual diets and requirements.

Halal and vegetarian dishes are available daily for those who prefer them. Please contact the school if you wish to discuss specific food intolerances or allergies.

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The school offers a healthy eating policy. Provision is made for students to eat a packed lunch which they have brought from home. We also have our outdoor 'pods' selling quick grab-and-go style lunches.

Students must stay on the premises throughout the school day and are not able to leave the premises for lunch.

We urge all parents/guardians to claim free school meals for your sons if they are eligible, so that we can provide pupils with a lunch free of charge. We can then claim the additional funding available to the school per eligible pupil, which we use to support your child’s education and ensure that they reach their full potential.

For more information about free school meals: Manchester City Council free school meals

For more information benefits and support: Manchester City Council benefits and support

Burnage Menus

All our dining options are provided by an external company called Innovate who prepare all meals daily and onsite. 

Every morning before school, there is a selection of free breakfast items for all students. Our Magic Breakfast membership ensures no child goes hungry and that every young person is able to access food before the school day begins.

During the mid-morning break, students can buy small snacks.

Our lunch menu works on a three-week cycle to make sure there is variety and choice. Menus are updated regularly throughout the school year. Changes to the published menus will be only for special dates or emergencies due to delivery shortages.

The Cashless System

At Burnage, we operate a completely cashless system that uses fingerprint technology for speed and ease. When a student presents at the till for payment, food and drinks can be purchased without the need to use physical money. The student simply presses their finger onto the electronic device to access their account and pay for their meal.

Each pupil has an individual ParentPay account that must be kept in credit by the child’s parent or carer. Students on free meal entitlement will be topped up each day automatically and can add additional funds if they wish.

The benefits to parents are:

• The burden of finding change each day is removed.
• Money in the pupil account can only be spent in the school dining spaces.
• There is less chance of money being lost.

All financial transactions at Burnage are made through ParentPay, a service that means parents/carers can quickly pay for their son’s school meals, and/or other school activities either online using debit or credit cards or using cash in a local store using PayPoint.

It’s simple, safe, convenient and your child no longer needs to carry cash into school. For more details, please see our ParentPay page