UIFSM

  • Is there an appetite for free school meals?

    Is there an appetite for free school meals?

    Theresa May dropped plans to cut universal free lunches from the Queen’s Speech – but that doesn’t mean an expensive and unproven policy is safe. By David Burrows. On June 16th, Jamie Oliver suggested the prime minister would be committing… Read More

  • Schools fear meals axe will hit health

    Schools fear meals axe will hit health

    Over 90% of schools believe that pupil health and nutrition would be impacted by the potential withdrawal of free school meals for all infants, according to new research. The survey by the Soil Association’s Food For Life programme found that… Read More

  • No such thing as a free lunch

    NICK HUGHES assesses the five things we have learned about the hotly debated free school meals policy. It’s just over a year since the coalition government rolled out its universal infant free school meals (UIFSM) programme whereby all government-funded schools must offer… Read More

  • My Viewpoint: Every pupil in the country should get good, healthy food

    My Viewpoint: Every pupil in the country should get good, healthy food

    NOW THAT David Cameron has admitted the value of free school meals it’s time to push for every pupil in the country to get good, healthy food, says Rich Watts. We’ve come a long way since Turkey Twizzlers but the battle… Read More

  • Cameron is “proud” of school meals policy

    THE PRIME Minister has told Sky News that he is “very proud” of the Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM) policy. “It was an excellent reform carried out in the last parliament,” he said in an interview. David Cameron also… Read More