Catering service at Wellsway

Wellsway School’s catering facility, Zest, uses a cashless system. For more details please see our cashless catering information guide (Pdf, 562kb) which parents/carers and students may helpful.

School meal deal: £3.00 for paying pupils.

If your child if entitled to free school meals their cashless catering account will be topped up with £3.00 at lunchtime each day.

Zest menus include British chicken, pork, turkey, fish from a sustainable source, free range eggs and locally produced fresh vegetables, and remains committed to providing a quality service and healthy meal to your child at lunchtime.

If you have any queries regarding the provision of school meals or allergens/dietary requirements, please email us at zest@futuralearning.co.uk or kitchen@wellswayschool.com   

The menus currently available are included in the links below.  Please note that there is a two-weekly rotation of the menus 1, and 2. For ease, dates are provided at the top of each menu to assist you with meal planning for your child.

• Lunch Menu 2026 (Pdf)
• Sandwich Meal Deal 2026 (Pdf)
• Grab and Go 2026 (Pdf)
• Price list: April 2026 (Pdf)
• Cashless catering information guide (Pdf)
• Finger imaging consent form (Pdf)
• Finger imaging FAQs (Pdf)

Allergies, intolerances and special dietary requirements

For pupils with food allergies, intolerances or special dietary requirements, parents/carers will need to complete the Zest’s special dietary requirement form and provide a photo and medical evidence for us to risk assess their child’s needs. Without this risk assessment we cannot safely feed any pupil. All of our school kitchens have been told not to feed anyone without having completed Zest’s special dietary requirement form.

Applying for free school meals

Registering your child for free school meals (FSM) means that your child can buy food at break and/or lunch free (subject to a maximum of £3.00 per day) and that Wellsway School will also receive extra money as a result.

The Government is providing additional money to schools to help children from families who qualify for FSM. This funding is called the ‘Pupil Premium’.

 If your child is registered to receive FSM:

• Your child can use the school canteen at break and/or lunch for a set amount every day.

Please register to make sure that your child doesn’t miss out.

Check if you qualify:

Please see the list below to see if you qualify. Registering is quick and easy – if you think you qualify, contact the Bath & North East Somerset Free School Meals Team on 01225 394317 or e-mail: freeschoolmeals@bathnes.gov.uk. You may not even need to complete a form.

If you do want your child to have a free meal at lunch and/or break then this will save you around £400 a year and the school will also receive extra funds.

If your child is eligible for FSM but you don’t want him or her to have the meals that is fine but we would ask you to continue to apply anyway. This is so that the school still receives the Pupil Premium to which we are entitled through your child’s eligibility.

Do you qualify?

You are entitled to apply to register for eligibility for FSM for your child(ren) if you are receiving one of the following benefits:

• Income Support
• Income Based Jobseekers Allowance
• Income Related Employment and Support Allowance
• Child Tax Credit, without any Working Tax Credit, and an annual household income (as assessed by Her Majesty’s Revenues and Customs) that is not more than £16,190
• Guaranteed Element of State Pension Credit
• Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

If you do register for this service the school will not share this information with anyone else. This will not affect any other benefits that you claim.