Health
Education
Trust

Health
Education
Trust

 
 
Independent National Database of
Information on Catering Excellence in Schools



Want to know how and where schools are winning with their school catering services?

Want to share your school’s successful catering provision with others?

Want to know how to improve your school’s catering facilities?

Look no further….

Best in Class is a scheme designed to recognise best practice across the whole school catering provision.
Many schools are in the process of, or considering making changes to their school meal provision, with improving the eating habits of their pupils as a main concern. ‘Best in Class’ will be a ‘snapshot’ listing of schools who have achieved success in one or more areas of their school meals service, with demonstrable benefits to the school and its pupils. Best in Class is not designed to be a league table. Since HET is a freely accessible website, Best in Class provides an opportunity to share best practice nationwide, so that successful ideas can be adapted and adopted in other areas.

Is your school ready for Best in Class?
There are many schools out there that already provide an excellent catering service. Let us know who you are and how you do it. Nominating a school for Best in Class is easy, just click here to open the application form, complete it and send to bestinclass@healthedtrust.com Or post the completed for to the Best in Class PO Box address on the application form.


Best in Class nominated Schools

Independent National Database of
Information on Catering Excellence in Schools
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Greenwich Council
Greenwich Council has transformed its catering service through the Jamie Oliver’s Feed Me Better Campaign. A healthy eating policy has been developed, all processed foods have been removed, and the consumption of fruit and vegetables has dramatically increased.
Lethbridge Primary School
Lethbridge was about to terminate their food service due to financial pressures, until two eager parents decided to take action and establish a new and improved school meals service.
St Peter’s Church of England Primary School
St Peter’s opted out of the Local Education Authority provisions to give greater freedom and flexibility for creativity, better food, better menus, complete ownership for staff and for catering staff to feel part of the school.
Wreay Church of England School
This very small rural primary school had no facilities to cook lunches on site, and has moved from a transported meals system (pre delegation of school budgets), to creating a small kitchen to allow food to be cooked on site. Adopting a whole school approach, has contributed to its success.
Stoke Prior First School
As a school with no school meals provisions, the focus was on the promotion of healthy lunchboxes, with improvements sustained for over 3 years, as a result of continuous initiatives such as a healthy picnic and water promotion.
Brampton Infant School
A whole school approach helped this small school turn its catering system around by building a functional kitchen. Meals were previously cooked off the premises.
St Aidan’s Church of England High School
Changed to in-house catering run by a newly appointed chef and built new kitchen & dining facilities.
Barking Abbey School
Set up a SNAG group, changed to in-house catering, altered menus and now educates pupils to a healthier way of life.
Warden Park School
A cashless system is now in operation to go alongside the new in-house catering service. Commercial vending machines have been discontinued and a food committee was set up to include pupils.
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