Two thirds of premises have the five and four star award. St Lawrence School in Preston Upon The Weald Moors has the coveted five out of five stars, as well as Halesfield Day Services at Halesfield 22 and Woodlands Primary School in Woodside.

The Scores on the Doors website launched on 1 June 2008. It aims to enable people to have an informed choice in where they go to eat or buy food in Telford and Wrekin.

The scheme rates all food businesses – from restaurants, pubs and takeaways to care homes and private caterers with between five and zero stars for food hygiene and safety following inspections by the Council’s Environmental Health Officers. Premises need over two stars to comply with the law.

Any star rating can be withdrawn if a business’s standards are found to have dropped at a later inspection.

As well as results being open to anyone to view on the website at www.telford.gov.uk/scoresonthedoors businesses will be given a star rating certificate that they can choose to display. In addition they have the facility to comment on their scores via the website and there is an appeal process.

Cllr Miles Hosken, Cabinet Member for Community Protection and Cohesion, said: “To have such a high number of premises being awarded four and five stars is excellent news and comforting to both visitors and residents in further enhancing faith in local eateries and food producers.

“A Scores on the Doors type scheme is now being rolled out nationally by the Food Standards Agency. I am proud that we were among the first in the country to implement such a scheme, and where other areas in the UK will just be starting out, we have a proven and exceptional scheme right here.”

To find out more and to view the star ratings, go to www.telford.gov.uk/scoresonthedoors