A Manchester Primary School who previously had the worst food hygiene of any school in the area has cleaned up its act.
Manley Park Primary School in Whalley Range received a lowly one out of five in an inspection from a national watch dog, in July.
Yet upon re-inspection in November, the National Food Standards Agency told them that their standards were much improved.
They have now been given a food hygiene rating of four, the second highest score given for food standards, which means their pupils can enjoy the ‘good’ quality grub from their clean kitchens.
Tracy Hamilton-Hall, Headteacher of Manley Park Primary School, told MM: “We took immediate action to rectify the issues that were picked up just before the summer holidays, and by the time school re-opened in September were confident we had put things right.
“We were obviously very pleased when this was confirmed at our re-inspection last month.”
The school, which has around five hundred pupils aged three to 11, now joins the other 229 in Manchester that have either received a four or five rating from the national health watch dog since 2005.
These scores, which equate to a ‘good’ or ‘very good’ hygiene rating, were given after inspectors assessed how the schools handle food, their food safety and the cleanliness and standard of the school buildings where food is prepared.
Picture courtesy of RotherhamNHS, with thanks.
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