A mum has complained after claiming her daughter was served a baguette which was "basically empty" at a school in Wales. The pupil was served the meal at West Monmouth School in Pontypool on September 26. Upon receiving the sandwich, she sent a photograph of its contents to her mum complaining about the paltry amount of filling in the roll.
Mum Donna Jones contacted WalesOnline just days after the same school apologised for an error in the kitchen after serving another pupil a tiny lunch of just three potato wedges and beans this week.
"She sent me a picture and said 'mum, this is my lunch' and that there was hardly any filling in it," she said. £I thought 'is that what my money is paying for'? I wouldn't serve that to my children myself. I just feel that someone couldn't be bothered and just put a tiny bit of ham in."
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Ms Jones said she had been left disappointed at the standard of the offering, which she said cost between £2.50 and £3. Although she didn't contact the school directly, Ms Jones said she contacted Torfaen County Borough Council afterwards but had not received any response to her complaint as of this week.
"I think school dinners are outsourced," she said. "I contacted the council and said the sandwich was basically empty and that I just didn't think it was substantial in terms of portion size."
Ms Jones added that she told her daughter to complain but that she didn't believe she had as she was nervous having only started the new term.
"I told my daughter she should complain about it but I don't think she did - she is 11 and has only just started in year seven, you know? School dinners are not cheap now and that's what you're paying for? I just want them to serve up a proper standard of food. If you're paying for a baguette I would like a bit more care really."
Torfaen County Borough Council declined to comment and referred WalesOnline to West Monmouth School directly. The school did not respond to our request for comment.
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