KINGSWOOD COOKERY SCHOOL

(IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LEITHS SCHOOL OF FOOD & WINE)

Food and drink has a very high profile in Bath, the West Country and indeed the UK, and Kingswood Cookery will be a significant strategic move for the benefit of our pupils, our parents and the local community. The importance of knowing how to cook on a budget, using fresh ingredients, as well as the benefits of cooking and sharing a meal with others is now accepted as a bedrock of our society, with benefits to mind and body. Learning to cook is an essential life skill that we should all possess.

Vision

Kingswood Cookery will offer:

1. Enrichment and co-curricular cookery for current Foundation students and the local community.

2. Academic courses centred on the prestigious Certificate in Food and Wine as well as Level 2 (GCSE) courses.

3. Commercial courses to parents, alumni and the wider public in evenings and school holidays.

Serving The School And Community

Leiths Academy School

Kingswood will become a Leiths Academy School which brings to Bath a market leader in cookery education, offering pupils the chance to take on the prestigious Level 3 certificate in food and wine as well as the soon to be released Level 2 course designed for Years 9-11. Our partnership with Leiths will bring a host of opportunities from training events and filming, to joint marketing and promotional opportunities.

Outreach

The cookery school provides a distinctive opportunity to enhance Kingswood’s charitable outreach programme, supporting the government’s new national food strategy and sharing a state of the art facility with our current partner, St Mark’s School, as well as future partners with whom we build relationships.

Commercial opportunities

Kingswood would offer a range of experiences to increase the profile of the School and support the ongoing community offerings. Early ideas include:

• Hands on cookery courses e.g. ‘Feast for Four’, & skills days

• Experience dining e.g. ‘Friday Night Is...’

• Private hire e.g. filming, photography shoots

• Private Chef’s table and hosting of corporate events

• Hire of facilities for other food and drink teaching e.g. WSET