Lunch Arrangements

The school dining hall is known as the Silver Robin restaurant.  Its lower floor provides a cafeteria-style lunch which offers those who choose to have school lunches a choice of main courses, sandwiches, fruit, sweets and soft drinks.  The upper floor is available for those who bring a packed lunch to school and also offers a range of snacks and bottled drinks for sale.  The range and quality of food available has made the Silver Robin very popular with staff and pupils since it was introduced at Easter 1999.

Payment for purchases in the Silver Robin must be made using the school smart card.  All pupils are provided with their own card which will have their photograph on it.  Money is credited to the card using one of the two machines which are situated in the main school building.  The Silver Robin then operates on a cash free basis but users must be sure to have sufficient credit on their cards before purchasing.  Pupils must use their own smart card to make purchases.  The lending or borrowing of smart cards is not acceptable.  We would advise pupils not to make purchases on behalf of others as, in our experience, this can be a cause for contention between pupils.  All pupils are expected to have a lunch and to eat it in the Silver Robin, except for Year 14 who can make use of the Common Room which has its own separate dining facilities.

Both floors of the Silver Robin are supervised throughout lunch-time.

Parents who wish their son or daughter to go home at lunch-time should request the school’s formal permission to do so by letter to Miss Dines, our pastoral Vice-Principal via the form teacher.

The Silver Robin currently operates a tuck shop at break-time on the ground floor.  The upper floor is out of bounds at break-time.

Details of the day to day operation of the Silver Robin will be supplied to your child by Mr Shuker, the master in charge.