School meals

At Ark Blake we pride ourselves on providing flavoursome, nutritionally balanced food to our students. 

Break time 
Students can buy snacks in the Dining Hall during break time when you add credit to your child’s account. Don’t forget to set up alerts so you can top up when the balance is low. To help students with budgeting and provide certainty for parents that no unauthorised spending can happen, we do not offer credit facilities, meaning no students is able to purchase items with insufficient funds. There is also a daily spend limit so students cannot spend of all their allowance at once. Parents and carers can view daily expenditure in the iPayImpact system.

Lunch                                                                                                             

During lunch we encourage students and staff to eat together and discuss topical subjects.  We offer students a range of hot options during our lunch service; these are paid for in the same way as breaktime by topping up on iPayImpact. Parents/carers can pay on iPayImpact anytime or apply for free school meals – please see the FSM section of our website for further information.

Healthy eating
Crisps, sweets, chewing gum and other confectionery are banned from Ark Blake Academy. Thank you for your support on this. In addition to this, at the end of the day students are prohibited from visiting local shops to buy sweets or junk food: they should go straight home.

Dietary Requirements
The Academy is committed to accommodating different dietary requirements. For example, we offer vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options, and all meat is halal and kosher. If your child has an allergy or special dietary requirement, please email our Kitchen Team directly with this information and they will do their best to accommodate (kitchen@arkblake.org).

We run a free breakfast service from 8am to 8.20am each morning in the dining hall, where pupils can share a nutritious breakfast with other members of their house.

Some parents may be entitled to receive free school meals for their children.

In order to determine if you are eligible and to apply please click here.