Kentish Food Week 2011 - 26th to 30th September
The second Kentish Food Week was a huge success so start thinking about how you can be involved in 2011. Visit our Kentish Food Week page to find out more.
Millions Meals Campaign
Are you supporting Million Meals? School Food Trust website for more information or to sign up.
Free School Meals - Bringing Down the Barriers
Need ideas on how to encourage families to sign up for their free school meals, to make sure that Pupil Premium funding follows them? Here are some free materials to help you promote free school meals to parents and pupils.
Increasing school meal uptake
Healthy Eating Pilot Best Practice Guide for Increasing the uptake of School Meals
Collection of data on School Meals - Tracking Tool
- Primary Take Up Tracker April 11 - March 12
- Take Up Tracker Users Guide Primary
- Secondary Take Up Tracker April 11 - March 12
- Take Up Tracker Users Guide Secondary
Free School Meals
School Catering Documents
- School Meal General Information
- Summary of Primary School Meals: Catering contract 01/08/06 - 31/07/12
- Summary of Secondary School Meals: Catering contract 01/08/06 - 31/07/12
- Kitchen Closures
- Kitchen Lettings
- Kitchen Equipment Repairs
- Legal requirements for catering in schools and other KCC establishments
- Free School Meals Procedure
- Food Poisoning Procedure
- Emergency Feeding
- Gas Leaks
- Breakfast & After School Club start up
- Care & Cleaning of Kitchen Equipment
- Food Hygiene Policy Dec 07
- Guidelines for Cleaning Fans & Housings
- KCC Nut Policy peanuts and other nuts or their derivatives should not be used in the lunchtime service. At other times during the school day, if you choose to offer food products containing nuts, the school must satisfy themselves there is no risk.
- Catering Contract 2006 The new specification and contract document will soon be available through EduKent
- Contract Grouping East Kent, Mid Kent, West Kent
- School Meal Contractor Evaluation Form
- Use of home grown fruit & vegetables
- General Advice for Children's Centres Serving Food
- General Advice for Early Years Settings Serving Food
- Responsibilities for schools taking delegation of the catering budget August 11
- Selling Homemade goods
The following documents are available through EduKent Client Services Support Packages.
School Meals Nutritional Standards
- A guide to introducing the Governments food-based standards and the nutrient-based standards for school lunches:
- A guide for caterers to calculating the nutrient content of recipes
- A guide to introducing the Government's new food-based Standards for School Lunches (revised April 07)
- A guide to introducing the Government's new food-based standards for all school food other than lunches
- Audit / Inspection Toolkit for Primary & Special Schools - the recommended minimum evidence to demonstrate compliance with the school food standards
- Audit / Inspection Toolkit for Secondary Schools - the recommended minimum evidence to demonstrate compliance with the school food standards
General information:
- Summary of Packed Lunch Standards Nov 10
- Summary of Non Lunch Standards Nov 10
- Final Report June 06 - Transforming School Meals
- Caroline Walker Trust - Summary of Standards & Recommendations
- Eat Well - Your Guide to Healthy Eating
- TOP TIPS FOR SCHOOL FOOD AND CATERING SERVICES - Department for Children, schools and families - July 09
Contractor & KCC Menus & Information:
- Eden Menu Summer Autumn 2011
- Chartwells Menu Primary Schools Sept 2011
- Chartwells Menu Secondary Schools (to be up dated)
- Wholeschool Meals Menu April 11
- Total Catering Solutions Summer 2011
- Principal Menu Autumn 2011
- KCC Primary Menu Menu 1, Menu 2, Menu 3, Menu 4, Menu 5, Menu 6
- "NEW" KCC Secondary Menu Menu 1
- "NEW" KCC Special School Menu Menu 1(20/80) Menu 1 (40/60)
- KCC Primary Portion Sizes
- KCC Secondary Sizes
School Food Trust information and advice on healthier packed lunches: