East Dunbartonshire Council is committed to providing healthy, nutritious and good value meal options for school lunches.
We are currently experiencing supply chain and resourcing issues and as a result the Primary school main meal options are reduced as a temporary measure. We are engaging with suppliers on a regular basis and as soon as these issues improve, the full menu offering will be re-introduced.
Free school meals application.
On this page you will find information on:
- Primary School menus
- Secondary school menus
- Early years menus
- Allergen Matrix
- Cashless Catering - Online Payments
- Provenance with Catering
- Theme Days
- Special Diets and allergen information
- Cashless Catering
Primary Schools
In Primary schools, a healthy and nutritious lunch is available to all children.
The dates for each week are as follows:
Week 1 (Week commencing)
15 May, 5 June, 26 June, 14August, 4 September, 25 September, 16 October
Week 2 (Week commencing)
22 May, 12 June, 3 July, 21 August, 11 September, 2 October, 23 October
Week 3 (Week commencing)
29 May, 19 June, 28tAugust, 18 September, 9 October, 30 October
Cost: £2.43 – Starter, main choice or light option accompanied with their carbohydrate and vegetables, milk or flavoured milk and dessert. Pupils can have as much salad, bread and water as they want
Secondary schools
In Secondary schools we offer a wide range, aimed to provide a high quality selection for young people.
Breakfast, morning break and lunch menus are on offer.
We provide a pre-order lunch service food may be chosen and paid for before 10.45am, useful for pupils involved in lunchtime activities.
The dates for each week are as follows:
Week 1 (Week commencing)
15 May, 5 June, 26 June, 14August, 4 September, 25 September, 16 October
Week 2 (Week commencing)
22 May, 12 June, 3 July, 21 August, 11 September, 2 October, 23 October
Week 3 (Week commencing)
29 May, 19 June, 28tAugust, 18 September, 9 October, 30 October
Cost: £2.54 provides the customer with Soup or Yoghurt, Main course or Sandwich/Baguette, Fruit and a Drink.
Early years
Our Early Years schools provide a healthy and nutritious lunch to all children
The dates for each week are as follows:
Week 1 (Week commencing)
15 May, 5 June, 26 June, 14August, 4 September, 25 September, 16 October
Week 2 (Week commencing)
22 May, 12 June, 3 July, 21 August, 11 September, 2 October, 23 October
Week 3 (Week commencing)
29 May, 19 June, 28tAugust, 18 September, 9 October, 30 October
Cost: £2.43 – Starter, main choice or light option accompanied with carbohydrate and vegetables, water, milk or flavoured milk and dessert – pupils can have as much salad, bread and water as they want.
Allergen Matrix
Cashless Catering - Online Payments
View our cashless catering page for further information and payment details.
Provenance with Catering
George Carruthers & Sons Ltd - When in season, George Carruthers & Sons Ltd provides East Dunbartonshire schools with Scottish, blueberries, broccoli, carrots, potatoes, raspberries, strawberries, and turnips. Check out the seasonality calendar displayed in your school dining hall to see when these fruits and vegetables are in season in Scotland.
By buying from local Scottish producers, we can support our farmers, create jobs and boost our local economy, all while enjoy delicious, fresh, and seasonal fruits and vegetables from Scotland's larder.
McLays Butchers - We work with McLays to ensure high quality meat to all our schools in East Dunbartonshire. They source their meat in Scotland from farms in Perthshire and Aviemore. All meat products we use within our schools kitchens are traceable from farm to plate from a UK farm assurance scheme, such as Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) or Red Tractor. McLays are also working on being environmentally friendly. 90% of all plastics are clear and can be recycled, we avoid the use of single-use plastics. McLays also use delivery vehicles of Euro 6 standard to reduce CO2 emissions. Have a look at McLays food website.[opens in a new window]co.uk for more information.
Muller East Dunbartonshire school meals feature Scottish milk supplied by Muller.
Theme Days
During the school year East Dunbartonshire schools will be participating in various theme days. If your child's school is taking part, posters will be on display in the school.
Special Diets and allergen information
If your child requires a special diet eg gluten free, dairy free etc, please arrange for their Specialist Diet Referral form to be sent to the school so that appropriate catering arrangements can be made.
Allergen information
View allergen information regarding all food items as detailed on Nursery, Primary and Secondary school menus within our documents section of this page.
Cashless Catering
All schools are now live with cashless catering on our Ipay Impact system.
iPay Impact will allow you to view children’s meal choices, top up and manage multiple children’s accounts by linking them all to one account, as well as save card details making topping up quick and easy. If your child attends primary you will also be able to pre-order their meal in advance.
If you have any questions then please get in touch with the Catering Payments Support Team at: cateringpayments@eastdunbarton.gov.uk
Your school will have issued you a letter with details of how to register with our cashless provider ipayimpact and a unique reference for each of your children. Once you have registered and added all children to your account you can log in to ipayimpact using the button below to top up each child’s account.
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Visit our FAQ's for more information or email cateringpayments@eastdunbarton.gov.uk with any further enquiries.