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Food at Finborough

When Finborough is a home from home, it is essential that you eat healthy, nutritious meals with occasional treats. This ethos is applicable to our entire community. 

We are in the business of education and firmly believe that that involves educating our pupils to make the right choices when it comes to food. We appreciate students may have different preferences so at lunchtime there is variety of meals on offer.  The kitchen team always provide a meat, fish and vegetarian option alongside vegetables, such as broccoli and carrots. A salad bar with a wide variety of different options (which change daily) or hot soup are lighter alternatives available to students from Prep 5.

Until Year 2, teachers sit with the children at mealtimes, to ensure table manners are developed, food is eaten and water is drunk.  From Year 3 onwards we are building independence and pupils make their own choices under adult supervision.  All prep school children must ask if they can leave the table, allowing our staff to monitor what they have eaten, whilst also developing habits of clearing up after themselves. 

Senior school pupils sit together and if anyone requires more food, they only have to ask.  They are also expected to clean up after themselves leaving their area as they found it.

We are a nut free school and special dietary requirements are catered for.  Healthy snacks such as homemade protein bars and fruit are provided at morning break for all pupils (Year 1 upwards) and the whole school enjoys biscuit treats on a Friday.

Boarders and early arrivals enjoy breakfast at school with a wide variety of cereals, toast, yoghurt and a different hot option on offer each day.  You can see examples of these in this terms menus below.

Every Thursday boarders meet with our Head Chef to discuss and decide on their food preferences for the weekend.

The Dining Hall and Kitchen are the engine rooms of the school. Our menus change seasonally and we will always provide a varied selection of healthy, nutritious food which helps our pupils to make the right choices and equips them with the energy to learn and develop.

Please view our current menus here:

*Please note, menus may be subject to change.

Food Feedback

The food our children eat is an important part of their holistic experience and we want them to enjoy a rich and varied balanced diet. It is an area that attracts views from both students and parents and we hugely appreciate those families who share these with us, both positive and areas for improvement.

If any parent or child has concerns, feedback or suggestions about the food at Finborough we encourage these to be shared with their form tutor, who has a deep holistic understanding of each of their students and will take any action that is required and share feedback / suggestions with our Head Chef Amanda and her excellent team.

We are also very happy to welcome any parent on request to join us for a meal at the school, at normal service time. This will share ‘live’ what our children eat and how our excellent catering team works to ensure the whle school is kept energised so we can all focus on learning, developing character and our immersion in the rich tapestry of school life.