We provide schools with professional, technical and contractual advice
in relation to school meals, including statutory compliance for Education England, ‘the School Food Regulations 2014’, school meals.
Advice and support
We will provide the advice you need to meet statutory compliance with:
- ingredient and meal quality
- food safety and hygiene practices
- fabric and equipment condition and cleanliness
- operational practices
- food safety management System
- the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013
- school Food Standards; revised (January 2015)
- food Information Regulation (FIR) December 2014 (allergen Information)
We provide operational support to help you manage the service:
- legislation
- food service
- food hygiene
- temperature compliance
- fabric
- equipment
- cleanliness
- operational practices
- once a term we’ll carry out performance monitoring and feed back to the school and advise the head teacher and school governors of any potential catering issues
- seasonal menus twice a year with allergy information and suitable suppliers.
A dedicated Catering Support Officer (CSO) will:
- assist you in responding to Local Authority Environmental Health Officer reports
- offer advice on kitchen design and upgrading, specifically the preparation of specifications for the construction of new facilities
- offer advice for the replacement or upgrade of redundant equipment, including best value appropriate quotes
- report on the condition of heavy and light catering equipment, ensuring it’s to an acceptable standard
- advise on maintenance contracts and service intervals
- advise on special diet procedure, liaising with the school, parent or dietician as required
- assist you to formulate a school food policy and packed lunch policy
- attend and participate in School Nutrition Action Groups (SNAGS) or school council meetings
- investigate, record and resolve complaints about supplier issues
- provide training on
- induction
- hygiene Awareness
- allergen Awareness
- control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH)
- manual handling
- hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP)
- risk assessment
- safe systems of work
- craft skills
- provide weekly/ half-termly/ termly and annual financial summaries
- assist with staff recruitment and selection
Our administrative support will:
- help you with free school meal enquiries
- provide access to a (free school meal) checking service (this is free to non-eligible pupils, costing the school nothing – there is a £10 charge to schools for eligible pupils)
- consolidate and centrally record school meal uptake – the data supplied by participating schools is forwarded to Children and Young People’s Services (CYPS), these statistics are used for freedom of information requests