The Food Hygiene scheme is run by local authorities in partnership with the Food Standards Agency.  Each business or organisation serving food is given a ‘hygiene rating’ when it is inspected by a food safety officer from the local authority. The hygiene rating shows how closely the business or organisation is meeting the requirements of food hygiene law.

The food safety officer inspecting a business or organisation checks how well the business is meeting the law by looking at:

• how hygienically the food is handled – how it is prepared, cooked, re-heated, cooled and stored
• the condition of the structure of the buildings – the cleanliness, layout, lighting, ventilation and other facilities
• how the business or organisation manages and records what it does to make sure food is safe

At the end of the inspection, the business or organisation is given one of the six ratings. The top rating of ‘5’ means that the business was found to have ‘very good’ hygiene standards. And this is the rating achieved by Buckingham Park!

We'd like to thank Hayley Jackson (School Business Manager), Jo Puddefoot (Catering Assistant) and Joe Lucas (Caretaker) who have taken the lead to ensure that we meet the very highest standards of food safety and hygiene.