Mark your diary: First day of school is Monday 18th August 2025!

Cafeteria

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At ACS Hillingdon, all students have two options for lunch. They can either bring their own lunch from home or purchase a lunch from the cafeteria.

Whichever option taken daily, they will sit together in the cafeteria.

School lunch

Lower School (Pre-K to G4)

Your child's home room teacher will check daily if he/she requires a school lunch. If so, it will be recorded and charged on Parentpay, the platform use for payment.

In addition to lunch, we ask that students come to school with a healthy snack for daily recess.

Upper School (G5 to G12)

Students who wish to purchase food can do so on an ad hoc basis. Students simply select what they would like for that day, from breakfast options, snacks, warm meals, salad bar or grab and go options and then pay for their choices via their facial recognition and be charged to their Parent Pay account. Biometrics are set up either at Orientation or during their first days at school.

Bring your own lunch

For the days where students wish to bring their own lunch from home, they simply bring their lunch with them and eat this in the Cafeteria at lunch time.

Please note:

Ensure your child's meal does not contain food items that are not allowed to be brought onto the school site. ACS Hillingdon is a nut, sesame and shell fish free school.
We do not have any facilities to heat food for students, such as a microwave

Breakfast - Upper school only

For our Upper school students (G5 to G12), Breakfast options are available from 8.00 a.m to 08.30 am daily at our Cafeteria.

It allows students the option to purchase from the following selection (upon availability):

Viennoiserie, Cereal, Bacon roll, Sausage roll , Whole fruit, fruit pot, Yoghurts as well has hot or cold drinks.

Morning Break- Upper school only

For our Upper school students (G5 to G12), Morning break options are available from 10.05 a.m to 10.20 am daily at our Cafeteria.

It allows students the option to purchase snacks during this short period,from the following selection (upon availability):

Bagels, Pizza steak slice waffles, Hash brown, English muffin, Toasties

For Lower School, students are invited to bring their own water bottle and two snacks daily.

Menus & Pricing

Internationalism doesn't stop in the classrooms, we also infuse our student's curiosity through food and during lunch time.

Menus are available quarterly (Lower School / Upper School) for your review and a different cuisine is cooked daily by our fantastic in house kitchen!

Please see below for sample prices for the 2025/26 school year*:

Lower School ‘set menu’ £ 4.60
Regular main meal £4.10
Baguettes/ Sandwiches/Wraps from £2.75 to £3.60 per item
Box Salad £4.10
Drinks from £1.00 to £1.50
Snacks and fruits from £0.75 per item

*Please note that these prices are subject to change in the new academic year.

Payment

Prior to your child’s first day you will receive a letter from our finance department with login instructions and a unique code to register with Parent Pay.

Once your ParentPay account is created, you will need to add funds to enable your child to purchase meals as needed.

If you require any additional information regarding payments, please contact finance@acs-schools.com.

We use biometric and facial recognition systems in the school cafeteria for security and to ensure your child can purchase food securely and efficiently.

It allows our staff to quickly identify your child's ParentPay account and are instantly adjusted.

Our biometric data system functions similarly to a smartphone or tablet and does not store any physical fingerprints.More information can be found here: Biometric & Facial Recognition Info

For any general catering-related queries, parents are welcome to contact directly Catering@acs-schools.com.

Allergies & Dietary requirements

As a school, we will endeavour to cater for as many dietary requirements as we can accommodate. If your child does have any dietary requirements, please ensure these are declared via Forms. We are able to offer Halah food via our school catering offering and this, upon request.

We cater for individuals with almost all dietary requirements, gluten free, dairy free, vegan etc on request.

Service Times

Lunch will take place daily at the following times:

From Pre-K to Grade 4: from 11.30 am to 11.55 am

Grades 5-8 from 12.25 pm to 13.20 pm

Grades 9-12 from 13.05 pm to 14.00 pm

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