School Meals

Sherburn High School’s catering team work to provide healthy, nutritious meals for all our students.

Parents/carers of children with specific dietary requirements are encouraged to contact our Catering Manager to discuss their child’s needs. For all catering queries, please email stareats@starmat.uk

Free School Meals Information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits, your child could also qualify for free school meals during all school years. To qualify you must be receiving:

  • Universal Credit, provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods (£616.67 per month)
  • Income Support
  • Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
  • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
  • Support under part six of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
  • The guarantee element of Pension Credit
  • Child Tax Credit, provided you are also not entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual household gross income that does not exceed £16,190 (as assessed by HMRC)
  • Working Tax Credit run-on, paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit

Please note that contributions-based benefits, including contribution-related Jobseekers' Allowance do not entitle you to claim free school meals.

Use this link to apply for free school meals


Break Menu

Students can purchase a range of hot and cold snacks at break time.  Our STAR Bakery counter also is open for the sale of sandwiches and baguettes.  Students in Year 7 are able to purchase the full range of items in their own Year 7 dining hall.

Lunch Menu

An exciting selection of freshly-made food is served across 3 counters.  These include our:

Main counter: which serves our hot main meals with a daily vegetarian option alongside our sweet of the day.

STAR Spuds are also served from this counter - these are crispy jacket potatoes loaded with assorted fillings.

Main meals are priced at £2.50.  The sweet of the day at £1 or why not make it a meal deal for just £3?!

STAR Bakery: which serves a selection of cold sandwiches, baguettes or paninis, including a daily special filling.

STAR Eateries: serving our brand new street menu served in grab and go style for students or our popular pasta with either  homemade tomato and basil sauce or creamy carbonara sprinkled with optional cheese.

Our freshly baked traybakes and cookies are available at all counters at lunchtime along with a selection of cold drinks.

We are able to cater for most dietary requirements so please speak to our catering team if you would like more information on the 14 allergens or any other ingredients used within each meal.

Price Lists

For your information we have included below the list of prices for other food available from the school catering service.