Across the Trust we have implemented a dining club service which has enabled us to drastically reduce the cost of our school dinners for children across the school. We believe that eating in school should be a pleasurable experience: time spent sharing good food with peers and teachers.

We have reduced the cost of a school meal by means of an upfront payment covering each day in a half or whole term. A school dinner can be purchased for the reduced cost of £1.90 per day rather than the average cost of £2.50 in other schools. This is a saving of £4.50 a week or £171 over the school year! This is only financially viable if enough families sign up.

We are pleased to announce that from next term we will be working in partnership with a company called Goosemoor Food Service (formerly known as Dart Fresh) to offer the children a menu that uses far more locally sourced ingredients:

“Goosemoor EduCatering is a Devon based family business bringing a fresh approach to school food, serving up local and affordable excellence into the dining hall. The ethos is simple: exciting child-led menus with only the finest fresh ingredients, grown and sourced locally wherever possible, meaning low food miles and a lower carbon footprint. Be it the beef and lamb from Dartmoor, or the cabbages and cauliflowers from Braunton, provenance is more important than ever, helping us all towards a more sustainable future.”

We have always strived to offer a nutritionally balanced meal, and it is good to know that from next term we will also be offering the additional benefit of greater sustainability.