Catering
Innovate
Innovate is the new catering partner at St Laurence School.
Our aim, along with the school, is to provide all students with an exceptional catering experience. Our very talented Executive Chef and the fantastic catering team will be serving exciting menus packed with healthy ingredients, that are full of variety, and with loads of interesting new things to try. It’s important that the food tastes as good as it looks, and we’re sure you won’t be disappointed.
Up to date menus and tariff information are available to download below.
What’s on the menu?
Innovate has long been considered the most inventive school caterer and that’s because we’re very clear about our food. All our dishes are prepared every day using quality, fresh and seasonal ingredients that are responsibly sourced. As well as ensuring the food on the plate is healthy, we want our customers to understand the importance of eating the right foods and help them with their food and nutrition journey. Here’s a taste of what’s to come:
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A huge selection of 'grab and go' items including baguettes, paninis, burritos and salads to name a few, all now using our barcode system to help speed up the queues.
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A variety of healthy, tasty main meals prepared fresh every day from carefully selected ingredients. The menu will follow a similar weekly pattern so you know what to expect, providing over 35 choices each day in addition to the ever popular chef specials, fortnightly themed events and loyalty schemes.
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Our Street Vibes range, global street food that tours the world. It’s always changing; from Korean fried chicken, Chinese bao buns, to Greek souvlaki, there’s always something new to try!
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A salad bar bursting with homemade healthy salads such as pomegranate quinoa, roasted sweet potato and rocket, or chilli, orange and beetroot. All pre-boxed and ready to be collected.
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Theme days; Harvest Week, Chinese New Year, British Pie Week, Olympics and Love British Food Fortnight and many more.
Please note: menus run on a three-week basis - check the dates on the menu page to see what's coming up!
What meal deals are available?
The most popular meal deal is the Blue Dot meal deal for £2.80. Students can choose any 4 items displaying a blue dot sticker. Items include selected rolls, sandwiches, drinks, cakes and tray bakes, fruit bags, and more!
There are also meal deals available that include a hot or cold sub, jacket potato, large salad bar, hot pasta or fresh main dish plus a desert and drink for £2.80. You can also get a small panini plus cake or fruit for £2.
I have a free school meal allowance, what can I have?
We want to ensure that all of our customers have access to a healthy nutritious meal and, with this in mind, we ask anyone with an FSM allowance to select any items up to the daily allowance. However, we ask that this includes a hot main meal, hot wrap, baguette or other nutritious snack plus either a hot pudding, fruit pot or freshly-made cake. They can also choose to switch the pudding for a drink, if they’d prefer.
The £2.80 daily allowance will be enough for a hot meal but sensible decisions must be made by your child on how to use their allowance each day.
Biometric Payment System
We are a cashless school. All student accounts should be paid through ParentPay. If you have any difficulty setting up your ParentPay account, please contact the school using the details on the Contact Us page.
Students will pay for their food and refreshments using a Biometric cashless catering system using a fingerprint scan.
For 6th Form students only, in addition to biometric payments we also accept card payments, Apple Pay™ and Google Pay™.
The Outlets
Here's what is available in each of the outlets:
The Restaurant
The large main dining area providing a freshly prepared hot and cold meals, along with a salad bar, with the daily Blue Dot meal deal. There are also grab and go items available to take away or eat in the sun-filled dining room and outside seating areas.
Free porridge is available for all students every morning from 8:00am.
The Brewhouse – Sixth Form Common Room
Newly introduced in September 2024, the Brewhouse inside the sixth form common room offers a range of hot and cold deli items, grab and go snacks, as well as cold drinks and coffee. There will also soon be breakfast items available for purchase from 8:00am.
Tell us what you think
Once you’ve tried our service, let us know what you think. Drop us an email at hello@impactfood.co.uk to tell us about your dining experience. We’re always happy to hear your feedback on our service. We look forward to seeing you soon!
