The food hygiene rating or inspection result given to a business reflects the standards of food hygiene found on the date of inspection or visit by the local authority. Hammond Academy is a 5* rating, the highest award.
We are proud of the quality and variety of food on offer to our children for their school meals. The menu rolls over on a three weekly basis – please ensure you have spoken to your child about the options so they can give their choice to their teacher during morning registration.
For the latest menu, please see the below documents. It is really important that menu’s and payments are submitted to the school office and payment is made on School Gateway.
From September 2009 to July 2011, three local authorities participated in a pilot to provide free school meals to maintained primary school children. Durham and Newham provided universal free school meals to all primary pupils, and Wolverhampton extended the current eligibility criteria to include all families in receipt of Working Tax Credit, for primary and secondary pupils. The pilots looked at the health benefits of free school meals and investigated whether free school meals:
reduced obesity/had an impact on a child’s BMI
changed eating habits at home
impacted on behaviour and academic performance at school
The link below will take you to Aspire Academies Trust website page who caught up with Chris after a couple of weeks into her retirement.
http://www.aspireacademiestrust.org.uk/180/latest-news/post/10/thank-you-to-chris-uezzell-who-retires-after-32-years-at-hammond-academy
We have a new page for Google Classroom with tips, information and videos to help remote learning.
Email our remotelearning@hammondacademy.org.uk if you are experiencing difficulties logging in.
Due to Covid-19 regulations we are unable to offer tours of the school during the second lockdown. However, if you feel a visit would be helpful, we may be able to accommodate one parent to visit during the school day or at 3.40pm on an appointment basis only after 2nd December. These visits will be ...