Olive Dining

At Park View School, our catering service is provided by Olive Dining, who are committed to providing fresh, nutritious and delicious food for our students.

Olive Dining offers a wide variety of meals and food choices, with menus inspired by cuisines and cultures from around the world. Their menus are designed to provide students with balanced, nutritious choices while making lunchtime an enjoyable part of the school day.

Fresh, high-quality ingredients are used wherever possible, with a focus on seasonal and locally sourced produce. Meals are prepared with care by experienced chefs, ensuring students have access to a varied and exciting selection of food throughout the school year.

• Fresh, nutritious and flavourful meals prepared by skilled chefs.
• Menus inspired by a wide range of cultures and cuisines.
• Fresh, seasonal and locally sourced ingredients where possible.
• Food prepared from scratch using high-quality ingredients.
• A wide range of options to accommodate different dietary requirements, including halal choices.
• Menus designed to support healthy eating and student wellbeing.
• A variety of theme days and special menus throughout the year.
• Menus designed to meet the required School Food Standards.

Your Feedback Matters

Our Olive Dining team is committed to providing a dining experience that reflects the needs and preferences of our students.

Our Chef Manager and catering team are based on site and are always happy to listen to feedback, ideas and suggestions from students, parents/carers and staff.

We encourage students to share their thoughts about the food on offer, from their favourite meals to suggestions for new dishes. Feedback helps Olive Dining and the school continue to develop the catering service and ensure that students have an enjoyable and varied choice of food each day.

Cashless Catering

What is cashless catering?

At Park View School we use a cashless catering system. This means that students no longer need to bring money into school to pay for food and refreshments throughout the day. This system has a number of advantages:

Students are served much faster, dramatically reducing queuing times.

• Students no longer risk losing dinner money.
• Parents know that students are eating healthy foods each day and not spending money on unhealthy food and drinks.
• Students eligible for free school meals no longer need to queue for lunch tickets before school or at break.
• Parents/carers have the option to monitor the foods that their children are consuming by means of a secure website (this is available to parents/carers that choose to use 'parentpay')
• Pupils are able to access breakdowns of their nutritional intake for analysis across the curriculum. 

How is this achieved?

In order to make this possible we use a biometric solution. The students are required to place a fingertip on a scanner at the point of sale. The students picture and name then appears on a screen for a till operator to verify. The till operator then selects the items the student wishes to purchase and the appropriate amount is automatically deducted from the student’s account.

How is money paid into a student's account?

 A student’s account can be 'topped up';

Online: Using a system called 'parentpay' parents/carers can top up the account, view the balance and see what their children have been eating.

How do I find out if my child is eligible for free school meals?

Free school meals may be provided for your children if you, as a parent are in receipt of Income Support, Income Based Job Seekers Allowance, income-related employment and support allowance (this benefit was introduced on 27 October 2008), the guarantee element of State Pension Credit, support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 or receive Child Tax Credit (but not Working Tax Credit) and have an annual income of less than £16,190.

To find out whether your child qualifies for free school meals, please complete the form available in the Free School Meals section on the website.

Do you record a finger print?

The company that administer our biometric system is called Cunningham’s. They are an extremely experienced company and have provided biometric solutions to many schools throughout the UK. All students need to have their index fingers scanned. From this scan, 120 points are identified and converted to a numerical code that is unique to each student at a particular school. The finger print is not recorded and saved in any way.

What happens if I don't want my child to have their fingertip scanned?

We appreciate that some parents/carers may not want their children to use a biometric method of identification. If this is the case a student can still be identified at any point of sale by giving their name. The student’s picture would then appear on the screen and would require the till operator to confirm the student's identity before any money could be deducted from the account.

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