School meals

Setting standards in school food and food skills is critical to the health of a generation of children and will have a significant impact on our economy.

Brent has produced a set of standards covering all food sold or served in schools: breakfast, lunch, after-school meals, tuck vending, mid-morning break and after-school clubs.

• What should schools in Brent provide for meals?
• Why the standards?
• Interim food-based standards
• Nutrient-based standards
• Who is responsible for school food?

With obesity in children and young people increasing - as well as concerns over cooking skills across communities and the general knowledge of where food comes from - school meals have a vital role to play.

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Further information

• Childhood obesity programme 2010-11 (.pdf, 663Kb)
  Document detailing a menu of services available to schools to support children to be a healthy weight.