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School FEAST Network - developing the school food workforce
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Calculating the nutrient content of school lunch recipes: A Caterer's Guide
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Our library of reports and research publications relevant for school cooks and caterers.
School lunch and learning behaviour in secondary schools: an intervention study
July 2009 Secondary school pupils were more likely to concentrate and be engaged in the classroom after lunch when changes were made to the food and dining…
School lunch and learning behaviour in secondary schools: baseline dietary data
July 2009 School meals in eleven secondary schools in England were more nutritious than packed lunches, but further modification of school meal provision…
Statistical Release: NI 52 - take up of school lunches in England 2008-2009
July 2009 Release of figures for the take up of school lunches 2008-2009
Please Sir? Can we have some more?
January 2009 Lessons from Free School Meal initiatives.
Third annual survey of take up of school meals in England
October 2008 The final version of the School Food Trust and LACA survey on the take-up of school meals 2007/08 is now available
Vending in English secondary schools
October 2008/May 2010 A survey of vending in English secondary schools to assess vending both before and after the introduction of the 2007 food-based…
The provision of school food in 18 countries
July 2008 An extension to the earlier paper 'School meal provision in England and other Western countries: a review'.
Second annual survey of take up of school meals in England
September 2007 The School Food Trust's second school meals annual survey in England.
Independent review of menu planning nutrient analysis software
June/July 2007 An independent review of six software programmes designed to help caterers plan school lunch menus to meet nutrient-based standards.
School lunch and learning behaviour in primary schools: baseline dietary data
December 2008 School meals in six primary schools in Sheffield were more nutritious than packed lunches, but further modification of school meal provision…
School meal provision in England and other Western countries: a review
May 2007 New SFT research reveals England leads Europe in school food standards but Finland and Sweden are top of the class for take-up.
Event Report - Financial Challenges Conference 30 January 2007
February 2007 An event for Local Authorities raising concerns about managing the finances of school food transformation, held at the NEC, Birmingham
Event Report - Schools With No Kitchens 4 December 2006
February 2007 An event for representatives from 24 Local Authorities who have a significant number of schools without kitchens.
Parents' attitudes survey
August 2006 Results of a survey highlighting parental attitudes to school food.
Nutritional standards for school lunches and other school food
May 2006 The final decisions on the Turning the Tables report from the School Meals Review Panel.
Annual survey of school meal take up
March 2006 Findings of the school meals annual survey in England.
Report for Government on school food other than lunch
March 2006 This report is advice from the School Food Trust to Government on two aspects of school food other than lunch.
Turning the tables - transforming school food
October 2005 A report from the School Meals Review Panel that includes recommendations on developing and implementing new nutritional standards for school…
