UTC Catering 

Breakfast

We run a free breakfast club for any students who wish to attend; toast and cereals are provided during the session, and it’s a great way to get the brain in gear before classes begin.

Break time

Healthy and wholesome healthy snacks are available at breaktime.

Lunch time

Our healthy menus are regularly changed. Students place their lunch order at the start of the day to ensure that they are not disappointed at the point of service.

Arbor Pay

We use a cashless catering system. Our parent app Arbor allows parents to pay for school catering online using a credit and/or debit card.

You can access your child’s account via Quick Actions on Arbor.

Click on Payments and you can then top up their account via card.  The minimum payment is £2.00.

In order for your child to order lunch or purchase from the canteen they MUST have sufficient funds on their account. 

We do not offer a credit facility, if they do not have the funds then they cannot purchase items.

Students in receipt of free school meal allowance will have an allowance loaded daily onto their account.

Free school meal allowance is £2.50 per day.  If you child spends more than this, then you will need to top up their Arbor payment account.

Free school meals

You can claim free school meals for each child who attends school in Cheshire East if you receive one of these benefits:

  • Universal Credit with no earned income or with net monthly earnings less than £616.67

  • Income Support

  • Income based Jobseeker’s Allowance

  • Income related Employment Support Allowance

  • Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

  • The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit

  • Child Tax Credit – as long as you have a yearly household income of less than £16,190 (as assessed by HM Revenue and Customs) and do not get Working Tax Credit

  • Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)

Parents can make a FSM application with Cheshire East by clicking HERE