Sixth Form Catering
Keeping it fresh with balanced food packed full of flavour
Sixth Form Catering
Keeping it fresh with balanced food packed full of flavour
The Forum
We understand the power of food to keep students energised.
That’s why our 6th form catering service, The Forum, looks at how a high-street café style culture can be brought into schools to offer contemporary tastes that keep young people engaged.
From sushi to burrito bars, we’ve incorporated flavours from around the globe into our menus, cooking up freshly prepared college meals that always keep wellbeing and health in mind.
Allergens and
food safety
We take allergen management seriously, and our stringent approach ensures all students can enjoy food safely.
Our recipes carefully consider allergies and food intolerances, taking the extra steps necessary to keep everyone safe.
Healthy, delicious, and sustainable
We all have a responsibility to protect our planet, so we have implemented a strategy to reduce, recover and repurpose waste. These activities will support our journey to Net Zero by 2045, not only with AiP but in partnership with our clients and supply chain. We’re also increasing the take up of sustainable diet options and removing unrecyclable plastics.
Healthy, delicious, and sustainable
We all have a responsibility to protect our planet, so we have implemented a strategy to reduce, recover and repurpose waste. These activities will support our journey to Net Zero by 2045, not only with AiP but in partnership with our clients and supply chain. We’re also increasing the take up of sustainable diet options and removing unrecyclable plastics.
6th Form menu
FAQ
What food safety standards are followed by AiP?
- We have the following ISO accreditation : ISO 14001: 2015, ISO 9901: 2015, ISO 45001: 2018.
How does AiP address allergen management?
- Any child with a dietary requirement complete our special diets form. The kitchen team and the school agree a plan to identify these children as they come into the dining hall at service.
- The form is then given to the kitchen and our nutrition team. Together, they create the information needed for safe meals. In the instance of allergy or intolerances, they will create a menu with at least 2 daily options (in most instances) from which the parent/carer and pupil can choose their meals.
- Once the parent has chosen the meals, the kitchen prepares the chosen items and holds them separately, labelled with the pupil’s name and allergen. This is then served to the pupil as they come into the dining hall with separate utensils and plates.
What Certifications do you hold to certify menu quality and sourcing?
- Food For Life Bronze
- MSC licence
- All meat used is British Red Tractor Certified
Key considerations to take onboard when selecting a caterer for schools?
- What is your number one requirement from a school meal provider?
- Only supplies Education Catering. All of our insight, research, and development is focussed on providing freshly prepared, healthy, and tasty meals to schools, using the School Food Plan and Public Health information as our starting point.
- Can you meet the needs of our diverse school population?
- At AiP, we know that one menu doesn’t fit all schools. We offer a selector style menu so that you can tailor the menu to your needs.
- Queues are a big problem at our school, we need to minimise wait times and get children eating within our timetable
- At AiP, we have come up with several strategies to help decrease waiting times such as sign posting along the queue so that students know what is on offer before they arrive, pre-ordering so that meals are ready when they arrive, direct marketing to parents and students so they’re aware of what’s on offer before they arrive, and opening multiple servery points to split traffic. In addition, our primary school pre payment solution, School Food United, allows parents to pre order via the app to help improve speed.
Do you cater for different types of dietary preferences?
- Yes, we offer at least 2 vegetarian options each day.
- We strive to make our vegetarian options vegan friendly as well. We do offer at least one vegan option each day.
- We participate in Meat Free Mondays.
- All of our dessert options are vegetarian. Some of them are also vegan friendly.
- We do not use pork gelatine in any of our desserts.
- We can offer Halal meat if requested by the school.