More than 10,000 parents were questioned in the biggest poll of its kind to coincide with National School Meals Week which launched on Monday 7 November. The Survey also found that the majority of parents have become more nutritionally savvy and eager to keep tabs on their children’s diet indicating that Government health and nutritional guidance is paying off.
However, with dedicated funding for school meals under threat, and the exemption of Academy and Free Schools from the nutritional standards, the Government could face a backlash from parents as the hard work of school caterers is undone by a lack of finances and a policy shift, LACA warned
The poll also revealed: 96 per cent want children to learn to cook at school; 81 per cent want to be able to pay for school meals online; 15 per cent of those entitled to free school meals are not eating them; 80 per cent of parents said they wanted more information about what their children had for lunch.
