Pinehurst packs lunch punch (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)

Pinehurst packs lunch punch

Pinehurst pupils, from the left, Megan Waldon, Rebecca Johnson, Brandon Kaye, Connor Waldon and Sam Craig Ref: 99686-40NATIONAL SCHOOL MEALS WEEK: Pinehurst Junior School has never had a kitchen. About 18 months ago the school decided to stop providing hot meals from Swindon Services.

Headteacher Steve Hobbs said: "Unfortunately, we are not lucky enough to have a kitchen on site to provide hot food ourselves, which I think is the best option.

"We did use Swindon Services up until about 18 months ago when we started to look for another provider.

"Since then we have used the packed lunch service."

But the school has secured a deal with another catering company which will cook the food off site and bring it in from November.

"I think it is important for children to have a hot meal, especially if they don't eat a lot of fruit and vegetables during the day," said Mr Hobbs.

"Ideally, we would like to have a kitchen but the cost to build one and the time it would take would not make it viable. I hope the new meals will be popular."

What our schools are providing

PRIMARY AND JUNIOR

ABBEY MEADS COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL Private contractor

BEECHCROFT INFANTS' SCHOOL All meals brought in from Ruskin Junior School

BISHOPSTONE PRIMARY SCHOOL No hot meal

BROOKFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL No hot meal

CATHERINE WAYTE PRIMARY SCHOOL Private contractor

CHISELDON PRIMARY SCHOOL In-house canteen

COVINGHAM PARK INFANTS' SCHOOL No hot meal

COVINGHAM PARK JUNIOR SCHOOL No hot meal

COLEBROOK INFANTS' SCHOOL No hot meal

COLEBROOK JUNIOR SCHOOL No hot meal

DROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL In-house canteen

EASTROP INFANTS' SCHOOL No hot meal

ELDENE PRIMARY SCHOOL No hot meal

EVEN SWINDON INFANTS' AND JUNIOR SCHOOLS In-house canteen

FERNDALE INFANTS' SCHOOLS No hot meal

FERNDALE JUNIOR SCHOOL Unavailable for comment

FRESHBROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL Swindon Services packed lunch service

GODDARD PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL In-house canteen

GORSE HILL JUNIOR SCHOOL Swindon Services packed lunch service

GRANGE INFANTS' SCHOOL No hot meal

GRANGE JUNIOR SCHOOL No hot meal

GREENMEADOW PRIMARY SCHOOL No hot meal

HAYDON WICK PRIMARY SCHOOL No hot meal

KING WILLIAM STREET CE PRIMARY SCHOOL No hot meal

LAINESMEAD PRIMARY SCHOOL Private contractor

LAWN PRIMARY SCHOOL No hot meal

LETHBRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL Private contractor

LIDEN PRIMARY SCHOOL In-house canteen

MOREDON INFANTS' SCHOOL Private contractor

MOREDON JUNIOR SCHOOL In-house canteen

MOUNTFORD MANOR PRIMARY SCHOOL Private contractor

NORTHVIEW PRIMARY SCHOOL No hot meal

NYTHE PRIMARY SCHOOL No hot meal

OAKTREE PRIMARY SCHOOL Private contractor

OLIVER TOMKINS INFANTS' SCHOOL In-house canteen

OLIVER TOMKINS JUNIOR In-house canteen

PEATMOOR PRIMARY No hot meal

PENHILL PRIMARY SCHOOL Swindon Services packed lunch service

PINEHURST INFANT AND PRIMARY SCHOOL Swindon Services packed lunch service

ROBERT LE KYNG PRIMARY SCHOOL No hot meal

RODBOURNE CHENEY PRIMARY SCHOOL No hot meal

RUSKIN JUNIOR In-house canteen

SALTWAY PRIMARY SCHOOL Parents have to supply lunch unless child is entitled to a free school meal, then Swindon Services packed lunch service

ST ANDREW'S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL No hot meal

ST FRANCIS PRIMARY Private contractor

ST MARY'S RC PRIMARY SCHOOL In-house canteen

SHAW RIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL No hot meal

SOUTHFIELD JUNIOR SCHOOL No hot meal

SOUTH MARSTON CE PRIMARY No hot meal

TOOTHILL PRIMARY SCHOOL Swindon Services packed lunch service

TREGOZE PRIMARY SCHOOL No hot meal

WESTLEA PRIMARY SCHOOL Meals from Oliver Tomkins Junior School

WANBOROUGH PRIMARY SCHOOL In-house canteen

WESTROP PRIMARY SCHOOL No hot meal

WINDMILL HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL No hot meal

WROUGHTON INFANTS' SCHOOL No hot meal

WROUGHTON JUNIORS SCHOOL No hot meal

SECONDARY SCHOOLS

CHURCHFIELDS Private contractor

DORCAN TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE Private contractor

GREENDOWN In-house canteen

HEADLANDS SECONDARY SCHOOL Private contractor

HIGHWORTH In-house canteen

HREOD PARKWAY Private contractor

KINGSDOWN Private contractor

ST JOSEPH'S UPPER AND LOWER In-house canteen

RIDGEWAY Private contractor

THE COMMONWEAL SCHOOL Private contractor

SPECIAL SCHOOLS

BRIMBLE HILL SPECIAL SCHOOL private contractor

CROWDY'S HILL SCHOOL Swindon Services packed lunch service

NYLANDS SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL in-house canteen

ST LUKE'S in-house canteen

THE CHALET SPECIAL SCHOOL all meals collected from Liden Primary School

UPLANDS private contractor