Catering

Compass Group via their educational company and brand of Chartwells and CH&Co provide the catering at Heckmondwike Grammar School.  If you’d like to know more about them, please see https://www.chartwells.co.uk/about/.

 The school has 3 catering outlets; the main dining room (MDR), the senior common room (SCR) facility and the Jo Cox Centre (JCC).  Generally the main dining room is for Years 7-10 and main school breakfast service, the SCR facility for Year 11 and the JCC for the Sixth Form.  At times year groups may change outlets subject to service, staffing and events in school.  There is a breakfast, break and lunch service.  Breakfast is only available in the main dining room and JCC, break and lunch in all 3 venues.

*Please note – all meat excluding pork is halal. 

There are two meal deal options, both priced at £2.90. The pink meal deal contains 2 items and the blue meal deal contains 3 items.  Meal deal menu items are marked accordingly as to which meal deal they are part of.

St Georges Day Menu – 22 April 2025

Menus are displayed in the catering venues.

Any changes will be displayed in school. Special gluten free food is available as per the menu below but must be ordered beforehand.  Please contact the Catering Manager for how to arrange this.

Access to the main dining room is on a year group and house rotation.

All catering payments for Years 7-11 are via ParentPay, please contact [email protected] if you need any assistance with ParentPay.  As well as ParentPay the Sixth Form have the additional option of credit card payment.

For anyone who thinks they are entitled to free school meals please contact Kirklees Council, you can apply online at www.kirklees.gov.uk.  This also applies to students living outside Kirklees.  We strongly recommend parents of students eligible for FSM ensure their child has monies on their account in case they overspend.

We are looking at ways of improving recycling in our catering outlets and around school and welcome the support of our school community to achieve this along with any suggestions to help this.  Chartwells have an aim to be net zero by 2030 click here for more info.