Education

The free lunch was available to around 1,500 pupils attending the 50 schools Sodexo operates at in Bromley, 600 pupils at 37 schools in Wiltshire and 72 pupils in Salisbury.

Over the next few years, the Soil Association will be working with 10 schools across London in the Farm Academy Programme, which helps teach pupils about where their food comes from through farm visit

The charity believes the fact that 40% of primary school children's lunchboxes do not contain any fruits or vegetables – compared to 10% for school canteen meals – means they are not sufficiently

Two years ago Pritchitts introduced the education sector's biggest promotion – "Viva Daily Win", where secondary students can win an iPod shuffle every school day until December 16th 2011 and school

Daniel Lee and Jordan Kerridge, both in their 2nd year at the college, took part in a competition earlier in the year to devise a starter and main course using turkey leg and breast respectively follo

The competition, which includes a FaB College Challenge for students, is inviting entries from chef and a front-of-house team either working in hospitality, or attending college.

From this school term Southwark Council will offer one nutritious meal a day to 21,000 pupils across 70 primary schools, regardless of family income.

The unit was officially opened at the south side secondary school by Cordia Chair, Councillor Jim Mackechnie. He was joined by head teacher Tom McDonald and pupils from Europe's biggest secondary scho

Almost 300 additional children have been signed up for free school meals since the Borough Council launched an awareness-raising drive in July.

New rules proposed in the Education Bill are set to make it easier for schools to offer reduced prices, which could be used to help families on low incomes who don't qualify for free school meals, or