Our restaurant and snack shop will be open from 7.30am until the Academy closes. We will provide a wide range of healthy, high quality meals and snacks that offer the ‘best of both worlds’. They are competitively priced and nutritionally balanced.

• Fizzy drinks are not allowed in the Academy
• All students will need a bottle of still water in each lesson. Water is available from our snack shop and water chillers can be found on each floor of our building
• All of our food is freshly cooked
• All of our food fulfils the criteria for ‘Healthy Eating’
• Nutritional standards are fully met
• Pre-processed food is strictly limited
• Meals are balanced with differing types of food on each menu
• There will be no chipped potatoes but suitable alternatives
• Artificial colours and additives are strictly limited
• Snacks and sweets are limited
• Vegetarian meals are featured
• Organic and Fair Trade products are used - wherever possible
• Local suppliers are used - when available

We are able to cope with special dietary needs and parents will be able to monitor, and limit, the intake of particular foods.

Grace Academy operates a ‘cashless’ system based on an Academy Smartcard. Machines that accept coins and notes to obtain credit on the card are conveniently situated throughout the building. Parents can also place credit on a student’s smartcard by sending cheques, create standing orders or by making payment by credit or debit card.

Grace Academy will ensure that your child benefits from the best possible nutrition which will assist in their learning. We will review our food offer on a regular basis to ensure that the menus reflect the very best in quality and choice. We will listen to our customers and where possible, ensure that popular choices are regularly featured on the menu.

The Academy will ensure that a free school lunch is provided for eligible students by automatically crediting the Academy smartcard with Free School Meal Allowance.

We encourage all parents whose children are eligible for free school meals to contact our Education Welfare Officer. Advice, application forms and assistance in completing them is available from the Academy office. Free School meals are normally available for families receiving: Income Support, income-based Job Seeker’s Allowance, support under the Asylum Act, income-related State Pension Credit or Child Tax Credit.