School Meals, Menus & FSM

“Students that eat a healthy, well balanced diet are better able to concentrate within class and are more likely to be receptive to learning.”

The school canteen is run by Innovate Services Ltd. Innovate offer a varied menu of good nutritious food that students enjoy in keeping with our Healthy Schools status. The menu rotates every six weeks and provides good value. Snacks, drinks and main meals are available every day.

The canteen is open during morning break and lunch break.

All purchases of food and drink are made via the cashless catering system. Students are issued with a cashless catering card when they join the school. (There is a charge of £5 to replace lost or damaged cards).

Allergies and Dietary requirements

Thamesmead is a nut-free school and the canteen can also accommodate allergy and dietary requirements. Labelling of products is in line with Natasha’s Law – more details are in the flyer below.

Labelling of products in the school canteen –  Natasha’s Law

Payments for School Meals/Cashless Catering

Parents can top up their child’s canteen account using the online Tucasi system. Students new to Thamesmead are given a link code to use the Tucasi system when they join Thamesmead.  Parents will be asked to given consent for their child’s biometric details to be used with the fingerprint payment system in the canteen. (This is totally secure and more details about the way our data is stored is available on request). Students’ parents who prefer not to give consent for this, can still give their name at the tills instead of paying by fingerprint.

Online payments by credit or debit card for Innovate Services are processed by Cunninghams, and so your bank statement would display ‘Cunninghams’ for payments made for the canteen via Tucasi.

School Menus and meal deals below

Menu Refresh Intro 2025

Innovate Spring 2025 Menus

Innovate Menu Prices – Sept 24

Innovate Fruit & Bakery Menu Sep24

Mustard Allergen information Sept 2024

 

Generation Juice – cutting down plastic bottle waste – please see details in the flyer below

A4 Generation Juice Flyer Innovate

Free School Meals

If you think you might be eligible for Free School Meals, please complete this form and we will process your application as soon as we can.  Daily credit is added to a student’s canteen account if they are eligible. Any daily allowance is always used before any additional funds that parents may choose to add to their child’s account.

FSM Application Form May 2024

FSM Application Form May 2024

Please send the completed form to info@thamesmead.surrey.sch.uk and we will check eligibility for you.

Eligible parents will receive vouchers from Club 4 via email to book activities for the school holidays. Guide at the link below.

Club4 Parent Guide – Christmas 2024

Local Foodbanks

Surplus to supper – Sunbury Cricket Club TW165PS

Every weekend there is a surplus shop where you can pick up some surplus food in exchange for a small donation

Jubilee Church Shepperton TW179EE

bagsoffood@jubileechurchshepperton.org

St Saviours Church Sunbury TW167TP

community@stsaviourssunbury.org.uk

St John’s Church Walton KT123JQ

info@waltonhersham.foodbank.org.uk

The Beacon Church Chertsey KT169AS

info@runnymede.foodbank.org.uk

Salvation Army Ashford TW153JY

staines@salvationarmy.org.uk

St Peters Church Staines TW197ER

info@mannafoodbank.org.uk

The Pavilion Stanwell TW197ER

info@stanwellfoodbank.org.uk

 

Further Financial Assistance

If you are on a lower income you can get help with your Internet tariffs at home.

https://www.gocompare.com/broadband/benefits/

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/compare-broadband-deals/broadband-social-tariffs/