School Meals
Cashless Catering
Holy Family has a cashless catering system and we are sure that you and your children will greatly benefit from this. The cashless catering system eliminates the need for your child to bring any money to school to pay for breakfast or lunch. The system also gives you as parents greater control over what your child spends their dinner money on and enables you to obtain information about what your child has purchased through the cashless catering system. In addition, the system is linked to a web-based service called ParentPay which enhances the cashless system even further by providing parents with the opportunity to ‘top up’ the cashless catering account set up for your child either online or via paypoint locations in the local community. The ParentPay system can also be used for all other school payments such as trips and uniform. There is a link below to access ParentPay. Further information on parent pay can be accessed below.
Students purchase their food using a bio-metric scan of their finger and parents must sign the bio-metric consent letter for this to take place. If you have any questions regarding the cashless catering system or the ParentPay system, then please contact the pastoral office on 01706 360607.
School Meal Service
Below is a list of the meal service in the Canteen each day which must be paid for using parent pay. Please note that times may change on certain days such as during exams or special event days.
| Time | Service | Price |
| 8.00-8.20am | Breakfast Service Toast, Bagels, Hot Sandwiches, Fruit, Drinks | Priced Individually |
| 11.00-11.20am | Break Service Sandwich Meal Deal includes choice of biscuit / fruit (See details below for break time snack trolleys) | £2.35 per meal deal |
| 1.20 - 2.00pm | Lunch Service Choice of: Main Meal of the day and hot pudding (see menu) Or Grab & Go Meal deal (Hot item such as Pizza, Burger, Panini and a choice of biscuit, cake, fruit, cheese and crackers) Or Pasta Pot with a choice of topping and a biscuit, cake, fruit etc. Or A choice of sandwich with a biscuit, cake, fruit etc.
Drinks are available at an extra cost
Please not all items are subject to availability and may need to change.
| £2.35 per meal deal
60p - 70p per drink |
Fresh water is available via water fountains around the dining areas - please ensure your child has a refillable water bottle to use.
At break time there is also a Snack Trolley that sells drinks, cereal bars and waffles in the playground. Most items are 50p and this can only be purchased with cash.
Lunch Rota
Year 7 & Year 11 go into lunch first each day.
Year 8, 9 and 10 go in second and operate on a weekly rota so each year group has the opportunity to go in straight after Year 7 & 11s.
Lunch Debts
If your child does not have dinner money on their account they must go to the pastoral office at break time and ask for a loan to be put on. This must be paid back onto their account by the next day. Students who are persistently requesting loans will be spoken to and home will be contacted. If you have any issues with lunch money please contact the Pastoral Officers who will be happy to try to help.
School Menus
Parent Pay
Please follow the link below to access parent pay. If you have any queries please contact the Finance Office on finance@hfch.co.uk.
Free School Meals
If you think you may be eligible for Free School Meals - please follow the link below for further information on how to apply.
If you are eligible your child's account will automatically be topped up at the beginning of each lunchtime with £2.35 for them to spend.