Teaching unions have written to the Chancellor and Education Secretary asking for free school meals to be provided to all children from families receiving Universal Credit in England. Unions and organisations claiming to represent one million school staff asked for an “ urgent ” expansion of the scheme amid the cost-of-living crisis.It said vulnerable children who do not receive free meals are facing a “ real barrier to learning ”.... “ Every school day we see the benefits free school meals pro

Schools which ditched Turkey Twizzlers more than 15 years ago are once again serving up “ beige ” unhealthy food such as panini, chips and burgers, Jamie Oliver has warned. The chef, whose vigorous campaigning sparked a major change in school food standards, said that hard-won healthy habits had been abandoned during the pandemic.A new report from Oliver’s food charity Bite Back, found that school canteens have reverted to dishing out cheap and unhealthy food, with six in 10 no longer meeting na