Copyright © Eagle Solutions Services 2012, All Rights Reserved Food: An Academys Secret Weapon...

Copyright © Eagle Solutions Services 2012, All Rights Reserved

Food: An Academy’s Secret Weapon

Yinka Ewuola, DirectorEagle Solutions Services

Or any School’s^

EAGLE SOLUTIONS SERVICES: Supporting Excellent Education and Nutrition Today, for a Better Tomorrow

What do you think about, when you hear

the words “School food”?


Why is food so important when considering the change to

academy status?

Because Food affects EVERYTHING!

Nutrition

Finance

Business

Community

Social

Academics

Facilities MgmtSchool Leadership

BehaviourDevelopment


It’s all about

Unleashing that Power

Food can have TRANSFORMATIVE Power

within a school


Great places to start

1. Look at what’s happening with your school food at lunch time

2. Look at your clubs

3. Look at how food supports your curriculum

Back to 1: Look at the kind of service you have, as the easiest way to unleash the power of food is with

An In House – or Self-Managed Catering Service


What’s it all about?In House Catering is not just about Good/ Better Food– It’s about changing the school’s, child’s, teachers and

community’s relationships with food– It’s about empowering a school to use food as an

educational advantage– It’s about making the catering spend work harder for

the school– It’s about putting another resource in the teaching

toolbox– It is about changing the futures of tomorrow’s choosers


Key Features

• An In House, or Self-Managed Catering Service is a service where:– The catering team are direct employees of the

school– The school takes responsibility and control for the

delivery of the meals– The school gets to decide what goes on the menu,

who they get food from, and most importantly how lunchtime fits into the other activities at the school

PLEASE NOTE: No matter who provides your

Catering Service, the School and its Governors are FULLY and LEGALLY

responsible for the statutory requirements of the service

In House catering does not give you additional legal responsibilities


A Brief ComparisonIn House Catering• You pay for what you use

• You control menus & choose suppliers

• You control spend

• You take profits

• You have another team directly under your control

• You have flexibility

Outsourced Catering• You pay for what you use + margins to the provider

• You negotiate with provider whose priorities may not match yours

• Un-transparent spend

• Provider takes profits

• You have a team working in your school, but not directly under your control.

• The service can only really adapt to the changing needs of the school at the point of renegotiation.

Flexibility & Control Fixed & Rigid

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A Recipe for Success

1. Strong and definite plan for set up

2. Insider Industry Knowledge

3. Provisions for the Transition Process

4. Help with the Implementation Stages

5. INDEPENDENT CHECKS AND BALANCES TO KEEP YOU ON TRACK ON AN ONGOING BASIS


The Financial Business Case• It works for every type of school • Every size of school• Creates a bespoke solution that lasts ad infinitum – as it adapts with the

school• Eliminates the School’s catering tender costs

• Financially:– It is cheaper– Rather than simply being a cost centre, catering can actually become a revenue

stream.– Because of the other opportunities, the money you were spending anyway

becomes an investment in other areas.– Proof of the Pudding: not one of the case study schools has had to put up meal

prices to parents... Lowest locally by 35p per day

and “Knowledgeable Expert” Advantage


The Educational Business Case• Provides a school with Educational Opportunities unlike any other

medium because of Food’s universal nature

– Food Weeks– Constant Menu Consultation Process– Enterprise Challenge (Student Snack Shop)– School Grown/ Made Produce– Veg Box Scheme– Social Skills: “Good Manners Week”

These are some of the things that will teach beyond normal classroom learning, will support teaching and learning and has been recognised by Ofsted in school reports as an excellent means for reducing the inequalities of different groups (Multi-sensory learning for boys and children with SEN)


The Nutritional Business Case• In house Catering provides superior nutrition to the other catering

options as it allows the school to be treated as an individual

– Good quality food– Focus on local sourcing– Fresh cooking as standard– Passing cooking skills to children and their families– Educating children about nutrition and food choices– Making food enjoyable (Superdooper Spag Bol)

An in house catering service give the school an extensive opportunity to help students and their families to access to nutrition and education about food that they would not ordinarily have.


A great starting place to transform a school

Let’s now consider your school food culture


Chestnuts Primary SchoolChestnuts is a growing school that has achieved so much in the last 7 years of their service

Were able to realise an initial influx of £42,000 of funds from additional income and cost reduction in the very first year

Have continued to keep the catering service financially viable year on year having made surpluses for reinvestment all but one year

Continue to use the flexibility for the service to change and adapt No increase in cost to parents in 6 years (lowest school lunches cost to parents in the

borough) Celebrated food culture – London’s only FFLP Gold Award Food Culture (min 30%

organic, 50% local sourcing) Continued emphasis on skills for life, cookery on the curriculum each week Enterprise project where students have been running the snack shop and make all

business and financial decisions Meal uptake percentage over 80%

An All Round Success

In House Service for: 6 years


Food… has the powerTo • Improve education and academics• Motivate the toughest critics• Inspire long term change• Transform your school culture• Integrate your school community• Reach out to the wider community• Improve children’s life chances• Challenge beliefs• Teach about other cultures• Change the lives of today’s choosers and tomorrow’s parents• Make serious cash for the school• Make the catering spend work harder and better for the school• Save time for the teaching and admin staff


So What?

• If any of this is of interest, come and talk to me: ([email protected], 0207 241 7160)

• If you’ve never considered it before, but are considering it now, that’s great – we have a very special offer to support and assist the TES SBMs…

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