Catering at another York school has been hit by a 1 out of 5 food hygiene rating.
This time it is the dinner service at Park Grove Primary Academy which was given the low score, with ‘major improvement necessary’ for food safety management.
But the school says it was a temporary blip – and a new five-star rating is in the works.
School dinners at Park Grove are delivered by Hutchison Catering. City of York Council inspectors visited on 16 May, and their ratings for Hutchison – published this week – were
- Improvement necessary for hygienic food handling
- Very good for cleanliness and condition of facilities and building
- Major improvement necessary for management of food safety.
Park Grove has 263 pupils aged between 5 and 11.
A spokesperson for Ebor Academy Trust, of which Park Grove Primary is a part, said that this low rating was “primarily around record-keeping for a short period of four weeks.
“Immediate action was taken to bring the school back up to the high standards the school and parents should expect and the 5 star rating has been re-established as of 16 June 2022.”
They are awaiting publication of the new rating.
Andrew Hutchison, director of Hutchison Catering, said: “The initial rating was unacceptable, we have apologised to the school however there were no issues around standards of cleanliness or substandard food.
“We take the result of the inspection very seriously. Shortcomings such as this, while extremely rare, are a deep disappointment and we have worked hard, and quickly, to restore matters to where they should be.”
Other schools which recorded a 1 out of 5 rating recently included St Oswald’s Primary School on Heslington Lane and and Bootham Junior School – both now have been reinspected and have a 5 out of 5 rating.
Huntington School is still listed with a 1 out of 5 rating, although the inspection dates back to 27 September. The head teacher told us the low score was a blip caused by a delay in a major upgrade to the dining facilities, and he expected a new rating to be 4 or 5.
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