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Head Teacher Serves Burgers Amidst Catering Crisis
22 Dec, 2025
Summary
- Head teacher stepped into the kitchen due to catering staff shortages.
- School's Christmas dinner was nearly jeopardized by the issues.
- Catering company G4S disputes the extent of the service failures.
Malmesbury School's head teacher, Brett Jouny, has taken on an auxiliary role in the school's kitchen, serving meals to students. This unusual situation arose because the private catering company, G4S, has been unable to provide a sufficient number of staff for several weeks, leading to ongoing problems with the hot meal service.
The persistent lack of catering personnel nearly impacted the school's highly anticipated Christmas dinner, though it was ultimately able to proceed. Mr. Jouny stated that he had been serving burgers in the cafeteria in addition to his normal head teacher duties due to the significantly poor availability of G4S staff.
However, G4S has refuted these claims, asserting that it has delivered a full lunch service with only a single day of exception occurring in early December. The company's statement contrasts with the head teacher's account of the disruptive and ongoing issues.
