What Works Well: The School Food Plan
TwitterEncouraging the take up of hot meals
Explore tactics that other schools have used to increase the take up of hot meals at the expense of packed lunches. Want to get going? Use the links on the right to get help from expert organisations.
Explore tactics that other schools have used to increase the take up of hot meals at the expense of packed lunches. Want to get going? Use the links on the right to get help from expert organisations.
The vision for school food in Croydon is that all children and young people have access to high quality food and opt to make healthier food choices...
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Barking and Dagenham’s unique reward scheme helps to encourage the take up of school meals and healthy food choices. Reward points are earned every time a healthy school meal...
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Great examples of incentives to increase school meal take up. Thurnham Glasson Primary School have introduced a ‘Lucky Plate Day’ and ‘Children’s Choice’ day.
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St Peters CE Primary School have successfully used theme day lunches to engage pupils and increase school meal take up. Other initiatives have also been implemeneted to engage Reception parents....
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Need inspiration to make school meals and lunchtime a good experience for everyone? The Food Council at St Richard's Catholic Primary School have worked with their school cook to make changes based on pupil feedback.
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Since recruiting a new school chef, the restaurant-style meals at Greenleys Junior school have proved so popular that uptake has quadrupled in the past year...
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After years of transported meals, Bentley High Street Primary School installed a KitchenPod. This has enabled the to school to produce quality home cooked meals on-site....
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As part of the Healthy School Meals Programme, all pupils at Grange Primary School in Southwark are entitled to a free healthy school lunch. To maximise Pupil Premium registrations....
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The kitchen at Deptford Park Primary School had suffered from under investment and staff were poorly trained and lacked motivation. After appointing the new catering contractor...
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Gisle School Restaurant in Sweden serves up to 1300 meals a day, cooked from scratch. Happy, confident, skilled kitchen staff have been fundamental to the the restaurant's success.
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Theresa Aanonson, Head Teacher of St Luke’s Primary and Nursery School in Newham explains how an improved lunch provision and breakfast club....
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Colham Manor Primary school has transformed their school dining experience and have increased school meal update and now provide cooking classes in their dining room
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Training on how to market school food
www.childrensfoodtrust.org.ukTraining on how to increase school meal take up
www.childrensfoodtrust.org.ukSchool Food Standards
www.childrensfoodtrust.org.ukPacked lunch policy template
www.healthyschoolslondon.org.ukLetter to parents re packed lunch
www.healthyschoolslondon.org.ukChildren's Food Trust Awards
www.childrensfoodtrust.org.ukHealthy snacks and lunch box ideas
www.lunchboxdoctor.comPhunkyFoods programme of curriculum activities
www.phunkyfoods.co.uk