Free school meals

Free school meals data now ‘less useful for research’, warns EPI

Make-up of children who receive free lunches becoming 'more diverse and uncertain' as a result of government policies and...

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
School food

DfE names 750 breakfast club ‘early adopter’ schools

But department won't say how many of them already run breakfast provision

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School food

‘We can’t run at a loss’: Heads snub flagship breakfast clubs

Government is seeking 750 pilot schools, but some heads say they can't make it work for a basic funding...

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
News

National Food Strategy: The recommendations for schools

A government-commissioned report has recommended a raft of measures for schools to improve pupil nutrition and food education. The...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Catering giant’s menu leaves a sour taste in some schools

The catering giant Chartwells has lost school food contracts worth up to £19 million since its lockdown parcels sparked...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger