🏫 Furley Park Primary Academy – Kitchen Refurbishment & Servery Upgrades

Improving Efficiency & Hygiene to Meet Growing Demand

📍 Project Overview: Supporting a Growing School Community

Furley Park Primary Academy, situated in the expanding Park Farm Estate near Ashford, is a vital part of the local education infrastructure. With increasing student numbers and greater demand on its catering services, the school needed to upgrade its kitchen and food service areas to improve efficiency, hygiene, and throughput.

The works were carried out over the summer holidays, ensuring zero disruption to school operations, despite ongoing challenges from the Covid-19 pandemic.

⚙️ Kitchen Challenges: Meeting Increased Meal Volumes

The existing pass-through dishwasher was no longer capable of handling the rising volume of dishes during peak mealtimes. To solve this, we:

• Removed the old dishwasher

• Installed a new conveyor dishwasher, significantly improving throughput and reducing wait times for clean dishes

This upgrade dramatically enhanced kitchen operations, giving staff the ability to manage high volumes efficiently.

🔄 Upgrading the Food Servery

The original built-in hot servery, in place for over two decades, had become outdated and inefficient.

We replaced it with:

• A new hygienically clad stud wall

• A set of roll-in hot cupboards to increase flexibility and cleanliness

These updates created a modern, hygienic, and efficient food service area, improving both the functionality and presentation of the servery.

🛡 Covid-19 Safety Measures

To safeguard staff and pupils during meal service, we implemented several protective features:

• Installed a Perspex screen with a serving slot across the servery window

• Enabled safe meal distribution while reducing the risk of virus transmission

• Ensured compliance with evolving health and safety guidance

🧼 Enhancing Hygiene & Staff Efficiency

The school’s team had been spending significant time manually drying cutlery—a time-consuming and less hygienic process. To resolve this:

• We installed a Sammic cutlery polisher, which dries and polishes cutlery quickly and hygienically

• This reduced labour, improved turnaround time, and elevated hygiene standards

📆 Project Completion: On Time, On Target

Despite the pressures of the pandemic, we delivered the full scope of work on schedule, during the summer holidays. The upgraded kitchen and servery were fully operational for the new school year.

✅ Services Delivered

• Conveyor dishwasher supply and installation

• Removal of built-in hot servery

• Installation of roll-in hot cupboards

• Hygienic wall cladding to new stud wall

• Covid-safe Perspex screen fitting

• Supply and installation of Sammic cutlery polisher

• Completion within holiday period to avoid disruption

🎉 Results: A Smarter, Safer School Kitchen

The Furley Park Primary Academy kitchen now benefits from:

• Faster dishwashing and service speeds

• Improved hygiene across all kitchen processes

• Covid-secure food distribution

• Increased efficiency for kitchen staff

• A refreshed, modern food service environment

“We’re proud to have helped Furley Park modernise their kitchen and servery spaces—making them cleaner, quicker, and better suited to the demands of a growing school.”

📩 Thinking about kitchen upgrades for your school or organisation? Contact our team today to discuss how we can help you deliver better efficiency, safety, and performance in your food service operations.