School Dinners

Children at Hornbeam can choose to eat a packed lunch from home or enjoy a cooked meal.

Our school lunches are freshly cooked every day in our own kitchens by Whole School Meals, a local company that is jointly owned by schools in Deal and beyond.

Because Whole School Meals is a community based social enterprise they always strive to ensure our children receive high quality, nutritious and tasty school lunches.

The cost of a school lunch is £2.75. Parents can choose which days they would like their children to eat a lunch and pay online at the Whole School Meals website.

Letter to Parents/Carers - Changes to Online Payments from 1st September 2025 - Click Here

Payment Link - https://pay.wholeschoolmeals.co.uk/

Menu - April - July 2026

*Allergen & Carb Count - Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Desserts

Census Menu

Thursday 1st October 2026 is School Census Day, which is the day when the government take a count of all the children that we have in our school to calculate our funding for the year ahead.

The number of children choosing a school dinner on that day decides a large element of the funding, and as a result, we would like to encourage as many children as possible to opt-in for a school dinner on this day.

We have an exciting, alternative menu for Census Day this year, and we hope to see lots of children enjoying this meal.