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Food safety compliance for school kitchens —keeping pupils safe every day

School kitchens carry one of the highest levels of food safety responsibility — serving hundreds of children every day, many with serious allergies. CompliChef gives school catering teams the digital tools to maintain rigorous compliance, manage dietary requirements, and keep inspection-ready records.

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The challenge

The challenges Schools kitchens face

Sound familiar? These are the compliance headaches we hear about every week from schools businesses across the UK.

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Life-threatening pupil allergies

Schools have a strict duty of care around allergens. One mistake can have serious consequences. Accurate, accessible allergen records are not optional — they are essential.

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Council and Ofsted scrutiny

Food safety is reviewed as part of school inspections. Catering teams need comprehensive, organised records that demonstrate consistent compliance standards.

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Multiple dietary requirements

Religious requirements, medical conditions, intolerances, and lifestyle choices — school kitchens often manage more individual dietary needs than any other setting.

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Term-time staff patterns

Staff cover changes between term time and holidays. Compliance records and procedures need to be consistent regardless of who is in the kitchen that day.

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Paper records are not good enough

Schools are increasingly expected to demonstrate digital record-keeping. Paper logs are hard to audit, easy to falsify, and do not satisfy modern inspection standards.

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Keeping catering staff trained

Food hygiene and allergen training must be current and documented. Tracking training for a full catering team manually is time-consuming and error-prone.

How we help

How CompliChef helps Schools businesses

Practical tools built around real kitchen life — not clipboards, not spreadsheets, not guesswork.

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Critical allergen management

Maintain precise allergen records for every dish. Staff can check allergen information instantly — essential when a child has a serious allergy and needs a quick, accurate answer.

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HACCP compliance

Digital HACCP documentation tailored to school catering. Hazard analysis, critical control points, and corrective actions — all recorded and stored automatically.

Daily compliance checklists

Opening checks, temperature monitoring, cooking records, and cleaning schedules — digital checklists designed for busy school kitchen service.

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Temperature logging

Digital records for all cold storage, hot-hold, and cooking temperatures. Timestamped logs that satisfy EHO inspectors and demonstrate consistent safe practice.

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Staff training records

Food hygiene and allergen training modules for all catering staff. Track completion, renewals, and training history for every individual on the team.

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Inspection-ready records

Whether it is an EHO visit or a local authority audit, CompliChef records are organised, timestamped, and ready to present. No last-minute searching through paper files.

By the numbers

CompliChef for Schools — at a glance

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Allergens tracked
Critical for pupil safety
100%
Digital audit trail
Inspection-ready always
HACCP
Compliant
As required by UK food law
30 days
Free trial
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Give your school kitchen the compliance system it deserves

Start your free 30-day trial. Digital allergen management, HACCP compliance, and daily checklists — keeping pupils safe and inspectors satisfied.