The catering provision at Aldercar High School from September 2026 will be provided by Aspens. They are a highly experienced catering provider for the education sector providing a wide range of tasty meals, refreshments and snacks for students.
They only work in the education sector, so they know what customers want. Mixing this knowledge with an understanding of what’s hot in the food world sparks creativity and excitement in their chefs. The kitchens provide delicious home cooked food each day and cater for individual dietary requirements.
Streateries
This is our secondary meal offer where every day has a theme. Featuring Global cuisines, customised offers and food on the move, we are bang up to date with the current trends whilst still ensuring that there is a place on the menu for the comfort of our familiar school dining hall favourites. Each day the menu includes as standard a street food dish, a hand held version, vegetarian/vegan choices along with a selection of sides.
Deli Kitchen
The Deli Kitchen brand is for the popular standard Aspens hot and cold offers. This can range from Authentic Italian pizza and pasta, Hacienda Mexicana’s burritos, rice pots and sides and Voulez Poulet’s house rub chicken, dogs and sides through to our range of healthy sandwiches, paninis, wraps, jacket potatoes, salads, fruit and cold dessert pots.
Menu
The school menu rotates on a three-week basis and refreshes for Autumn/Winter and Spring/Summer seasons. Click here to access your current menu.
Free school meals
You may be entitled to FREE SCHOOL MEALS
Please click the link to find out more or request the relevant form from the school office: https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals
Big Changes To FSM From September 2026
Special Diets
Special diets are an integral part of our catering provision, whether as a result of an ethical or religious belief or a food intolerance or allergy. To register any special diets as a requirement please complete and return the special diets form from the school office as soon as possible. Email info@aldercarhighschool.co.uk for a copy.
Our Planet
Aspens work closely with clients and suppliers to be as environmentally friendly as we can. By making lots of small changes, Aspens we can make a big difference – caring about the future and continuing to focus on responsible sourcing, using seasonal produce, increasing focus on plant-based recipes, making menus more sustainable, keeping waste to a minimum and reusing and recycling to reduce the impact.
Join Aspens Team
It takes some pretty special people to make sure that we give our school children and young adults great food everyday. If you are looking for an opportunity to challenge yourself and learn new skills, please see Aspens job and career page:
Streateries Autumn Winter 2026 – 27 Menu
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