Reports and Articles

Useful publications relating to Healthy Eating and School Food

OFSTED Publications

Healthy Eating in Schools (March 2006)

Food for thought: a survey of healthy eating in registered childcare (March 2006)

Healthy schools, healthy children?
The contribution of education to pupils' health and well-being (July 2006)

School Meals Review Panel (SMRP) Reports & Govt Response

The final decisions on the Turning the Tables report from the School Meals Review Panel

Turning the Tables -Transforming School Food (September 2005)
A report from the SMRP that includes recommendations on developing and implementing new nutritional standards for school lunches.

Turning the Tables - Transforming School Food: Report Appendices

School Food Trust Publications

Guide to introducing the Government’s food-based and nutrient-based standards for
school lunches
(Dec 2007)

Guide to the Government's food-based standards for school lunches (Revised April 2007)

Guide to the new food-based standards for all school food other than lunch (April 2007)

Guide to School Food: Changing for the Better (Revised April 2007)

Draft Nutritional Standards for School Food (England) Regulations 2007 (April 2007)

Report for Government on school food other than lunch (March 2006)
Includes breakfast clubs, tuck shops, vending machines and after-school clubs.

Food Standards Agency (FSA) Publications

School Based Food Initiatives (May 2006)

Food Policy in Schools

Produced by the FSA and the National Governor's Council, provides a guide
to developing a whole school food policy.

Report from the School Council Network (January 2006)

The FSA has developed a school council network with nine schools across England. The main aim of the network is to listen to and understand the views of children and young people, especially in relation to food.