Teaming up with Pride was one of the best decisions we ever made. I can't recommend Pride enough.
Another benefit apart from well-fed and happy children, is the increase in free school meals...for which the school will receive additional funding.
We recently had an Ofsted inspection and received excellent comments on the standard of the lunchtime food and what a pleasure it was to eat in the dining room.
The change in the standard f food has been completely metamorphic. To see the pleasure on children's faces at lunchtime is a delight.
Pride is doing a fantastic job in incredibly difficult circumstances
We have been delighted.
The communication with Pride and ourselves has been excellent which has resulted in continued success and increased sales year on year. The commitment shown by Pride Catering's staff team reflects the guidance and motivation from the whole organisation.
Pride Catering for Schools
We have extensive experience in catering to independent preparatory and
public schools as well as state supported schools and their emphasis on healthy eating is one that mirrors our own beliefs and practices. We can provide a complete range of services, from planning a new kitchen to opening a deli and juice bar. Vending machines can carry healthy snacks and drinks for hungry young people and our experience enables us to provide popular menu options for discerning tastes and budgets.
- Healthy fresh food
- School kitchen design
- School kitchen management
- Staff safety checks
- Lunches and tuck
- Catering and ancillary staff training
- Purchasing advice
- Best value
- Beverage, snack & food vending Education Case History - Burlington School’s Catering takes off with Pride
Case Study
Burlington School’s Catering takes off with Pride
Burlington Primary School in New Malden appointed Pride Catering to provide a comprehensive choice menu lunch service. Pride won the 5-year contract for the 360 pupil school by demonstrating just how much emphasis they place on freshly prepared quality food. The contract was awarded in June 2005 which gave Pride just a couple of months to design and build a brand new kitchen before the new term started!
Barbara Chevis, Headteacher at Burlington sent a questionnaire to all parents and on the basis of replies hoped that 150 pupils would sign up for the new meal service. In the event, 163 signed up - now grown to 185.
“We appointed Pride because of their commitment to fresh food and nutritional menus. We liked their style and approach and have been delighted with the results. Our new kitchen, which Pride designed and installed, is a fantastic facility for the school.
Another benefit, apart from well fed and happy children, is the increase in free school meals. We had 13 when we had a sandwich lunch service, this has jumped to 30 and as a result the school will receive additional funding. We really are delighted”
Pride Catering provide a choice of two hot freshly prepared main Dishes of the Day, a comprehensive salad bar, a jacket potato with filling and hot and cold desserts. Tim Price, Director of Pride, explains the importance of offering pupils fresh and child-friendly food.
“We want to encourage children from the start of their very first school meal to eat healthily and we have been very impressed for instance, by the uptake for salads. Also, to make it easy and fun, our fresh fruits are all cut into small bite size pieces - fresh pineapple, raspberries and mandarin in segments have proved very popular.
Realistically, in the Primary School market we currently need around 82p per pupil to provide healthy eating and choice. At this level we can grow the service, give parents confidence in the quality of food provided thereby adding value to the School and in the case of Burlington, generate extra funding”