Clegg criticises Gove's advisers for giving negative briefings to newspapers about the plan to
provide free school meals for all infant pupils — a proposal championed by the Lib Dems, and implemented by Gove's own department.
For many schools
providing free school meals for all infant children from September will be a huge challenge but the Children's Food Trust's new advice service is set to provide them with the support they need to develop and improve their catering facilities.
Will all schools have to
provide free school meals for infant school children (and other Free School Meal entitled children in school?
Not exact matches
The Department
for Education is inviting tenders to the value of # 17.4 million
for services to support
school readiness to
provide school lunches to all
infant pupils in England from September 2014 (# 9.6 m); to kick start increased take up in at least 2000 junior and secondary
schools where take - up of
school lunches is low (# 4.8 m); and to set up breakfast clubs in at least 500
schools where over 35 % of pupils are eligible
for free school meals and there is no existing breakfast provision (# 3m).
The Children's Food Trust has been supporting educational and children's settings to
provide better
meals since the organisation was set up in 2007 and is the ideal choice to help
schools prepare
for the implementation of universal
infant free school meals in September.
More than 2,700
schools in England will need to improve kitchens to
provide free meals for infant school children, according to new figures.
More than 2,700
schools in England will need to improve their kitchens to
provide free meals for infant school children.