School Catering in Birmingham
At AiP, we bring nutritious, flavoursome and sustainable meals to Birmingham schools with bespoke solutions and digital innovation.
School Catering in Birmingham
At AiP, we bring nutritious, flavoursome and sustainable meals to Birmingham schools with bespoke solutions and digital innovation.
Nutrition and Safety Standards Assured
AiP provides healthy on-site and off-site school catering in Birmingham that exceeds nutritional standards. We develop creative rotational menus under the guidance of leading nutritionists and top chefs. Pupils can enjoy healthy delicious school lunches and snacks that accommodate various dietary needs and preferences.
Food to make students smile
Founded over 20 years ago and operating in over 400 educational institutions, we’re the experts in school catering. Our local-first approach delivers innovative menus full of tried and tested recipes that support pupil happiness and wellbeing.
Food Smart
Built for primary school pupils, Food Smart is about having fun with food, investing in dining spaces, and offering engaging menus.
Kitcheneers
Retail-focused, our secondary school offering is a fresh approach to health and wellbeing with our health by stealth programme.
The Forum
Food Smart
Built for primary school pupils, Food Smart is about having fun with food, investing in dining spaces, and offering engaging menus.
The Kitcheneers
The Forum
Sustainability initiatives
We source local, seasonal produce from trusted suppliers. We aim to be carbon neutral by 2025 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 90% by 2045. Shorter supply chains, seasonal ingredients, free-range eggs, British Red Tractor-certified meat and MSC-licensed fish also mean peak freshness and flavour. Our farm-to-folk food waste reduction uses wonky vegetables, known for their unique character.
Sustainability initiatives
We source local, seasonal produce from trusted suppliers. We aim to be carbon neutral by 2025 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 90% by 2045. Shorter supply chains, seasonal ingredients, free-range eggs, British Red Tractor-certified meat and MSC-licensed fish also mean peak freshness and flavour. Our farm-to-folk food waste reduction uses wonky vegetables, known for their unique character.
Allergen management
A strict code of conduct is in place to ensure the well-being of all children. We have allergen-free options, vegetarian/vegan options and alternate diets on our menus. Parents, staff and students can trace allergens and pre-order food on The School Food United digital platform. Our teams follow rigorous safety measures in the kitchen in preparing, labelling and holding special dietary menus and serving them in the dining hall.
Food safety and nutritional standards
Birmingham catering for schools by AiP follows a stringent food safety policy and food safety standards. These include ISO 14001: 2015, ISO 9901: 2015 and ISO 45001: 2018.
The nutritional quality of our school meal programmes exceeds Government School Food Standards and complies with the School Food Plan. We work with the British Nutrition Foundation and skilled nutritionists to continually improve child nutrition in schools.
Awards and accreditations
We’re proud to hold many awards and accreditations that speak to our high standards for safety and sustainability
Why work with Us?
Producing delicious freshly cooked meals
Providing a fun environment for the pupils
Delivering a packed schedule of theme events
Employing happy friendly smiling staff
Offering a range of special offers
Introducing gardening and cookery clubs
Facilitating competitions, prizes and rewards
Inviting parents in for lunch
Working in partnership with the school
A friendly and open management style
Nutritionally Balanced Student Meals for School in Birmingham
We want to foster a healthy food culture in Birmingham schools. Our school meal programmes focus on healthy eating, sustainability, student engagement and food education. Individually designed for primary, secondary and 6th Form, our food services elevate school catering in Birmingham with professional insight and innovation. We ensure every child’s well-being with a meticulous food safety and allergen management system.
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.
Does AiP accommodate special dietary needs for primary school students?
Does AiP accommodate special dietary needs for secondary school students?
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.