[Food] Christmas lunch at Steyning grammar school

[Lyndhurst 14]

I was there in the 70s - first 4 or 5 years was at the more modern school in Shootingfield where the food was really good and then in the upper 6 we were moved to the old grammar school in Church Street were it was OK. Some of the boarders in my year said the food they had in the boarding school canteen was really good

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Food at private & especially public schools is taken very seriously

Beg to differ. Two of my children went to private primary school and the food wasn't all that. Mrs WS worked for a private school as well and said the lunch food was well below average.

 

[Pavilionaire]

My understanding is that the school has issued a full apology and offered a refund. This is only right something has gone badly wrong and this represents really poor value for money.

and then you see some of the shit that people feed themselves at home, when they are too lazy to cook for themselves There is nothing here that is inedible or disgusting, it just isn't very appetising and poor value, which is something completely different.

No one at the school deserves shaming over this, if anything some sympathy is due. Carry on punching down, it is so much easier that way.

I agree with you, but there are 2 factors to consider:

1) This is by no means the first thing to go wrong at the school this year, and
2) The story resonates because it encapsulates all that is wrong with our schools and Post-Brexit, mid-Covid Britain generally.

I went to SGS, both my kids go there, that was my choice and they've done OK. I'm proud of the school and recently defended it on a Facebook SGS group when all and sundry were recounting stories of bullying and hardship from the 70s and early 80s. It is a much better place with more resources and a bigger variety of courses than when I attended in the 80s, but trying to make a few quid on kid's Christmas lunches after the year they've had is piss poor management.

 

[lawros left foot]

I went to Steyning Grammar for about 6 months and was the architect of the Great Dinner Ticket scam of 1972-73.

I’m wondering now if the money that myself and 2 mates ripped off has led to this excuse for a Christmas dinner.

My apologies to all present pupils of my alma mater, although in my defence I did get the cane for it.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

That sounds so dry I'd suggest using it as a flood defence

Indeed, far more effective than a sandbag l'd say, and probably only a fraction of the price.

You saw it here first!

 

[BNthree]

My understanding is that the school has issued a full apology and offered a refund. This is only right something has gone badly wrong and this represents really poor value for money.

and then you see some of the shit that people feed themselves at home, when they are too lazy to cook for themselves There is nothing here that is inedible or disgusting, it just isn't very appetising and poor value, which is something completely different.

Initially they were justifying it and claiming lots of pupils enjoyed it. Only after the outrage mounted did they backtrack and apologise.

 

[Worthing exile]

The little sh1ts deserve that dinner after how they left their School bus last night.

It had to come straight to our ST route and was filthy with discarded COVID PCR tests all over the upper deck.

Goodness knows what was on the handrails.

 

[TheJasperCo]

Beg to differ. Two of my children went to private primary school and the food wasn't all that. Mrs WS worked for a private school as well and said the lunch food was well below average.

Indeed, I was fortunate enough to attend private school (late 90s, early 00s) and the school dinners were gross.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

I agree with you, but there are 2 factors to consider:

1) This is by no means the first thing to go wrong at the school this year, and
2) The story resonates because it encapsulates all that is wrong with our schools and Post-Brexit, mid-Covid Britain generally.

I went to SGS, both my kids go there, that was my choice and they've done OK. I'm proud of the school and recently defended it on a Facebook SGS group when all and sundry were recounting stories of bullying and hardship from the 70s and early 80s. It is a much better place with more resources and a bigger variety of courses than when I attended in the 80s, but trying to make a few quid on kid's Christmas lunches after the year they've had is piss poor management.

My cousin taught there for 40 years. I think I see why he chose this summer to retire.

 

[Igzilla]

My daughter goes to Steyning Grammar School and went hungry because it was either this or nothing, while other parents spent £3.50 on this swill.

My understanding is that this is NOT outside caterers, this is in-house catering. Lack of staff and supply chain issues being blamed for this fiasco.

Yet, again, parents are expected to pay over the odds for sub-standard fare, and all this on the back of expensive iPads not being delivered on time, parents expected to buy the new Bohunt school uniform, the new site at The Towers Upper Beeding not being remotely ready in time for the start of the September term.

2021 = A poor year for Steyning Grammar. D MINUS - MUST DO BETTER!.

Highlighted is the problem, imo. When my son was moving to secondary (he's yr 9 now), Bohunt Worthing was one of the schools we looked at. Hideous, just absolutely hideous. Cramped, inexperienced teachers, an over reliance upon apps on the ipads the kids had to have. My son needed a certain level of support and we met with the SENCO, who was some young lady who was unable to make eye contact with us (she spent the whole time staring at her own ipad). When questioned about how the school would react if he kicked off in a lesson, her response was that he'd be allowed to wait outside in the corridor and use an app to help him calm down. Just usless.

I was a Parent Govenor at his primary school and towards the end of my time, the school was exploring the possibility of joining a small but already established Trust (not Bohunt). Our school pulled out after the third consultation meeting with the Trust when it emerged that the Trust intended to transfer the best teachers from our school to its flagship school and dump all the crud with us. Put me off the idea of the whole principle of Academy Trusts.