A new catering business has been registered to operate at Crabtree Junior School on Crabtree Lane, Harpenden, and is listed by the food hygiene register as awaiting its first inspection. Nourish Contract Catering appears under the school's address in the district's records, with no rating issued yet.
A new registration in a school kitchen usually means a new company holding the meal contract rather than a new kitchen, and that is a change parents notice at the serving hatch before they hear about it in a letter. The register will not say who chose the caterer or what changed; the school will. Worth asking at the school gate this term, and worth watching for the first inspection result.
- A food business named Nourish Contract Catering is registered at Crabtree Junior School, Crabtree Lane, Harpenden.
- The registration is listed as awaiting inspection, a new registration, under St Albans City district.
- The business is registered in the school/college/university category.
Every factual claim in this story is linked to the evidence behind it. Where the newsroom has added judgement or framing, it is listed separately. Sources accessed 6 September 2026.
- ratings.food.gov.uk/business/1946315 (register)
Claim by claim (3 facts, 2 editorial judgements)
- A food business named Nourish Contract Catering is registered at Crabtree Junior School, Crabtree Lane, Harpenden. — register“Name: Nourish Contract Catering Crabtree Junior School ... Address: Nourish Contract Catering @ Crabtree Junior, Crabtree Lane, Harpenden, AL5 5PU”
- The registration is listed as awaiting inspection, a new registration, under St Albans City district. — register“Hygiene rating: Awaiting inspection (new registration) ... Authority: St Albans City”
- The business is registered in the school/college/university category. — register“Type: School/college/university”
- Judgement: A new registration at a school address typically indicates a change of catering contractor rather than a new kitchen.
- Judgement: Parents are likely to notice a change of meals provider before any formal announcement, making it a question worth putting to the school this term.
