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Parents views on schools meals sought

Parents are being invited to give their views about a new school meals ‘toolkit’ intended to help improve the standard of school dinners.

The toolkit is the latest step to encourage healthy eating in children and young people and a key step in the government’s series of measures to improve the provision of food in schools.

The plans include additional funding to enable schools to spend more money on lunches for pupils.

The draft toolkit, titled Food in schools - a short guide for parents and carers, has been introduced as part of this package to improve school meals. The objective of this document is to inform parents about the nutritional standards for food in schools and how to take action if you have concerns about the provision of food in your child's school.

The toolkit is due to be published in the autumn. Parents are being invited to provide any input before then, which will be used in the writing of the final version.

Visit the site at www.parentscentre.gov.uk