Food & Nutrition

We provide children with all snacks, drinks and meals throughout the day: breakfast, mid-morning fruit/snack, lunch and tea. We also have separate drink breaks, especially in hot weather and eat outside whenever the weather permits.

We follow the School Food Trust’s ‘Eat Well, Start Well’ guidance and have been awarded the Eat Well Start Well award by Surrey County Council and Surrey Public Health.

Our menu is based around the principles of low sugar, no added salt, minimal preservatives, all main food groups and 4-5 portions of fruit per day.

Meals are freshly prepared on-site by our cook. All main courses have a carefully chosen vegetarian alternative, and we are experienced in catering for children with allergies and other special dietary requirements including Halal.

Examples from our lunch menu include:

Shepherds Pie or Vegetable Pie
Salmon & Broccoli Pasta or Vegetable & Lentil Pasta Bake
Chicken Curry or Quorn Sausage Cassoulet

Typical side dishes include peas, sweet corn, carrots, etc.

Download a sample of our latest menu 1

Download a sample of our latest menu 2

Parents of babies are welcome to bring in shop-bought food in sealed jars or packets clearly labelled with their child’s name.

A meal being freshly prepared by our on-site cook

What you say

"My son loves all the food you serve and usually has two helpings, so I’m very happy!"

"My son has feeding problems together with allergies and the staff have been so amazing at preparing special menus and working together with us at home to try and encourage his feeding."

"Your food is fresh and nutritious."

"We like that the menus are well balanced with occasional treats."

"I am so impressed with the team at Appletree. It really does feel like a ‘home from home’. I also wanted to feedback to the kitchen staff that the food seems to be going down really well. There’s a lot of variety and all seems yummy and healthy."