School meals

New guidelines on the nutritional value of processed foods such as beef burgers and sausages will be introduced into schools in England from September.

Education secretary Ruth Kelly has revealed plans to tighten the health requirements for school meals and give parents more say on the quality of the food.

The food industry, schools and nutritionists will also be consulted on what should be on menus, which have been criticised as "unhealthy".

Government Response: Department for Education and Skills

Ruth Kelly, secretary of state for education, said: "Parents want to know that when children are eating school meals they are getting the quality of what they would serve at home.

 

"I want parents to become more involved in schools, not only in the quality of education, but in everything that their child experiences within the school gates - including what they eat.