Support for schools catering for pupils with special dietary needs
The School Food Trust is aware that meeting the final food-based and nutrient-based standards for school lunches can be more challenging in a school where a large proportion of pupils have special dietary needs.
Eat Better, Do Better: A practical guide to adopting a Whole School Approach to food in special schools
This guide is a practical tool, which aims to help and support special schools in achieving and maintaining National Healthy School Status, implementing the school food standards and developing a positive healthy eating culture for the whole school community. Click here for more details:
www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/resources/specialschools
Special Schools Consultation Event 20-03-09
The Trust, Healthy Schools, Regional Public Health Group London and the Government Office for the East of England held a consultation event for the Eat Better, Do Better: A practical guide to adopting a Whole School Approach to food in Special Schools guidance and CD Resource at Emirates Stadium on March 20th 2009. Click here for more details:
www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/specialschoolsconsultationevent
Other Special Schools Support
To view a selection of frequently asked questions relating to special diets and meeting the school food standards in special schools, click here: www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/faqs/specialdiets.
The case studies section of the website has been updated to include a search option for case studies relating to special diets. To search for case studies, click here.
If you would like to share experiences of changing young people’s attitudes to school food, or have examples of good practice relating to provision of food for pupils with special dietary needs, please let us know. You can click here www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/schools/case-studies/submit-case-study to submit a case study.
Special schools video podcasts
Six video podcasts created during the special school pilots are now available to view. Click here www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/specialschoolspodcasts for more details.
