Jamie Oliver Good School Food Sustainability Star Award

As a result our commitment to sustainability and climate change action, we were incredibly proud to be awarded the Jamie Oliver Good School Food Sustainability Star Award.

We were recognised for our Meat-Free Mondays, as well as offsetting our meat consumption with plant-based meal alternatives (with students embracing this change whole-heartedly!). Also recognised was our food waste station that measures the school’s daily food waste, to enable our amazing catering team to tweak menu options according to student’s tastes and minimise waste. Food caddies in every classroom also ensure all food waste in school is recycled. There’s even an ‘Eco Warriors’ termly theme, which encourages children to think about sustainability outside of school by looking at areas of food, health, nature (biodiversity), energy, recycling, transport and climate. 

Outside of the school building we’re growing ingredients to use in the school kitchen, compost bins decompose any food and garden waste – and let’s not forget the two therapy pigs Sebastian and Dolores, who eat any leftover fruit and veg, and help the children learn about how to look after animals.  

On Wednesday 28 June, the school was featured on BBC's The One Show as Lioness Demi Stokes visited the school in Blackley, North Manchester to surprise the team with the award.