We are delighted to share some very exciting news about lunchtime at our school – from September 2026 we will be cooking all of our own hot lunches on site from scratch using fresh locally sourced ingredients.

Behind the scenes, our school leadership team and governors have been working passionately on an exciting new project to improve our school lunches. We know just how important fresh, nutritious food is for children as they grow, and we want every child in our school to experience food at its very best.

We are delighted to share that we are working in partnership with Chefs in Schools, a charity dedicated to transforming school food through fresh, scratch‑cooked meals, real ingredients, and trained professional chefs. Their values really align with ours and we can’t wait to start working together.

Over the next few months we will be recruiting a Head Chef at Graffham and a Kitchen Assistant at Duncton. We will also be getting everyone involved to fundraise money for fitting out a new kitchen at each school as the current equipment will be removed by WSCC at the end of the current catering contract.

We are looking for your help to raise funds of £7500 for new essential equipment for our school kitchen so that we can cook fresh, hot meals everyday for our children to enjoy. Equipment needed are new ovens, cutlery, serving dishes, saucepans, cups, rice cooker and much more. We need to get these items to get this project off the ground by September this year.

This incredible project means every child will have access to a freshly cooked, hot meal each day, prepared with care and using high quality ingredients. These meals will be home-cooked in school, with a strong focus on freshness, nutrition, and helping children develop a positive relationship with food.