Priory wins bid to for kitchen refit

Penwortham Priory Academy’s catering staff will be cooking up more healthy treats – after receiving a grant to refurbish their kitchens.

 

The school applied for a grant to knock down its current catering facilities, which have been here since it opened in 1953, and install a new state-of-the-art canteen.

 

Priory will receive £320,000 from the Education and Skills Funding Agency, from the new funding pot which comes from the Government’s sugar tax initiative and focuses on healthy eating and sport.

 

“We are delighted,” said Business Manager, Mrs Barker. “We are developing Priory every year, from the Technology Block five years ago, through to the Science Department, the Humanities and Languages Building, the new gym and the B-Block is currently being rebuilt as a modern IT Suite and flexible learning space.

 

“The kitchens needed modernising and we are delighted we can update them. We already focus on healthy eating but this takes it one step further.

 

“The funding couldn’t have come at a better time, our pupil numbers are up again for September 2018 and we are full.  We need a larger kitchen space to accommodate the extra students and it will speed up service. The refurbishment will happen over summer with no disruption to school life and we are excited about it starting the new school year with brand new facilties.”