Farm Shop

The academy have also been successful in applying for some funding to help set up a community farm shop in the academy. Thank you to Tees Valley Community Foundation, Beyond Housing and Travis Perkins for their generous support with this.

Staff at Dormanstown Primary Academy have begun working with Fareshare to prevent food being wasted in local supermarkets and support our families with low-cost food options. Families and staff at the academy are able to purchase items at a much lower cost than their retail cost. Money is then used to buy more essential stock to support families.

The academy have also signed up to FareshareGo so that we can collect food from other suppliers throughout the week. After only 6 weeks, many families each week are visiting the farm shop. Alongside the pastoral team, the year 6 Junior Leadership Team stock the farm shop each week and work in the shop which gives them valuable work experience. They have worked with a Yorkshire-based artist to design a logo for the farm shop and are planning a special launch of the shop with families soon.