Canteen & food-area

When you need this form

School canteens and food-prep areas get cleaned daily, often between service and the next bell. This form covers bench sanitising, fridge and cool-room checks, floor and bin work, and the temperature or hygiene exceptions that need escalating. Food handling areas in schools carry two overlapping duties: workplace safety for the cleaners and food safety for students.

Term-based audits arrive with little notice, and a school will ask what was done in a specific week. A signed paper roster proves someone ticked a box. A live record shows the bench after sanitising, the exception raised at 6am, and the supervisor who closed it out. That is what survives a parent complaint.

What good looks like

• Food-contact surfaces sanitised and recorded separately from general floor cleaning.
• Fridge, cool-room and servery checks captured with the reading, not a tick.
• Bins, grease and spill points photographed after the clean, before handover.
• Any pest, damage or hygiene exception flagged with a photo and time.
• Cleaner and supervisor sign-off, GPS-pinned to the canteen, not the site gate.