Chefs in Schools has released ‘Feed Bellies, Not Bins: a free Food Waste Toolkit’ for school kitchens across England. It is a practical manual for the people who actually run school kitchens — cove
The session is designed to explain the updated standards, outline their implications for caterers, and guide stakeholders on how to respond to the ongoing Government consultation.
The School Food People are the national voice for school caterer across England and Wales, delivering millions of meals every day and turning policy into practice on the ground.
Taking place on Thursday 7th May, from 14.40-16.30 at the Rational UK headquarters, the interactive session will demonstrate how catering teams across nurseries, schools, colleges, and universities
Analysis by wealth management company Saltus found that 9% of parents with a child in private education has taken them out of the independent sector since January 2025.
These new standards build on the Government's extension of Free School Meals to every child from a household in receipt of Universal Credit from September 2026 - reaching over half a million more c
The Government says this delivers on change parents and campaigners have been calling for.
The event is sponsored by Dr Beccy Cooper MP, Emma Lewell MP and Amanda Hack MP, demonstrating growing parliamentary engagement with the future of school food provision.
One in three children are leaving primary school overweight or obese, while tooth decay from diets high in sugar is the leading cause of hospital admissions for children aged five to nine – all whi