Improving Kitchen and Dining Spaces

Improving Kitchen and Dining Spaces

Well designed kitchens and dining areas are key to encouraging children and young people to enjoy quality food at school and to improving take up of school meals.

Opportunities for improvements in the infrastructure, within the kitchen and dining spaces, (whether new builds or refurbishment) can lead to significant improvements in the quality of the meal and the dining experience.

So are you ready for change? Do you want help getting started? Do you need suggestions on who to talk to? Are you looking for inspirational ideas and resources?

If the answer to any of the above is “yes” then the School Food Trust and our Partners can provide you with help and guidance.

Wrens Nest Primary School Dining Room

Capital Programme Work

You may be in a position to take advantage of a Capital Programme such as Building Schools for the Future (BSF) or the Primary Capital Programme (PCP), to completely refurbish your kitchen and dining areas. Click here for guidance, case studies and visual material to support you in the development, design and implementation.  

School Funded / School Driven Initiatives

You may be a school in the position to pay directly for improvements. These do not need to cost the earth and some do not have to cost any thing at all.  Click here for ideas, practical advice and case studies, to support you in getting the best out of the space and resources available to you.