Education

Statistics from the Department for Children, Schools and Families highlight how the recession is sending more children below the bread line.

Council bosses are confident that its primary and secondary school meals are of the highest quality and would like parents to visit the market this week to test the school menu for themselves. Council

'Food route: a journey through food' is a range of colourful age-appropriate workbooks designed and developed to bring the FSA's food competences to life.

The course, which kicks off on 10-14 August, has been created by Michelin Star chef and co-owner Thierry Laborde. The five-day course is a culinary combination of soups, breakfasts, brunches, dinners

The Action Plan aims to improve pupils' food choices: to increase their consumption of fruit, vegetables and other essential nutrients and reduce their consumption of fat, saturated fat, sugar and sal

Somerset County Council's Somerset County Services (SCS are trialling Twitter as an easy way to keep in touch with parents.

The campaign's aim is to have a million more children eating school dinners by 2010.

Since taking up the role in January 2007 Ms Leith has worked for the Trust and has travelled the length and breadth of the country, visiting many schools and promoting excellence and good practice.

Worth approximately £2 million in total turnover, Sodexo will be providing nearly 10,000 meals to the school's 1,135 pupils every week The contract, due to start this September, will see Sodexo also

This year, Pritchitts wants to encourage schools to participate in conjunction with World School Milk Day, which was first celebrated in 2000. An annual event, World School Milk Day is held on the las