Food and drink in schools

Guidance and services

• Revised guidance for schools in Wales: supporting children eligible for free school meals
  How schools can continue to provide food for children who receive free school meals.
• Free school meals: frequently asked questions
  Includes information on who may be entitled to free school meals and how to apply.
• Find out about free school meals during the coronavirus outbreak
  Check how you can continue to get free school meals during the coronavirus pandemic.
• Free breakfast in primary schools
  Includes information on who can have one and what to do if your school doesn't provide them.
• Milk for primary school children
  A poster to display in schools about milk production and why it is good for you.
• Healthy eating in maintained schools: guidance for education providers
  Guidance for local authorities and governing bodies on how to promote healthy eating in schools.
• Free breakfast in primary schools: guidance for education providers
  Guidance for local authorities and governing bodies on the free breakfast in primary schools scheme.
• Charging for food and drink in maintained schools: guidance for education providers
  Guidance for local authorities and governing bodies on the use of flexible pricing for food and drink in schools.
• The use of emergency adrenaline auto-injectors in schools
  How to produce a policy for the use of emergency adrenaline auto-injectors in schools.
• Healthy lunchboxes: leaflet
  Suggestions for parents and carers on what foods to include in a healthy packed lunch.

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• Healthy Eating in Schools (Nutritional Standards and Requirements) (Wales) Regulations: equality impact assessment
  Impact assessment
  An assessment of how the regulations on healthy eating in schools affect equality of opportunity.
• Free school meals case studies
  Report
  A report on the possible reasons why pupils are not taking free school meals.