School Food Trust

The School Food Trust was established by the Department for Education and Skills in September 2005. Its remit is to transform school food and food skills, promote the education and health of children and young people and improve the quality of food in schools.

Million Meals

Million Meals

Nutrient-Based Standards

Nutrient-Based Standards updated

A fresh look at school food procurement efficiency and sustainability

A fresh look at school food procurement efficiency and sustainability

Parent's Forum

Parent's Forum

School Food Ambassadors

School Food Ambassadors

School Lunch Grant FAQs

School Lunch Grant FAQs

School Food Checklist

School Food Checklist

Let's get cooking

Twenty million pounds of funding will get kids cooking.

School FEAST

School FEAST

Healthy Eating Games

Snack Dash/Rat Rush Game

News

SFT information update newsletter July 08 (17/07/08)

The new School Food Trust information update is here.

Press Release: Children catching on to healthy school meals (09/07/08)

Provisional findings from the third annual take-up survey of school meals are released today which show that the number of primary school children eating school meals has risen for the first time since healthier school meals were introduced.

Press release: The School Fringe Study (07/07/08)

The School Food Trust welcomed the study released today which looked at the food and drink purchases of pupils in two secondary schools during the school day.

Documents

Assessing current and potential provision of free school meals

July 2008
An analysis of the current level of entitlement of school children to free school meals and the potential impact on numbers and the cost to the Exchequer of using alternative entitlement criteria.