Universal Free School Meals & The School Food Planin Leeds

Aims

• Information on implementing UFSM

• Re-assure and share experiences

• Stimulate creative thinking and action planning

• Learn more about the School Food Plan • Pupil Voice• Cooking• Growing

• Support and training

Universal Free School Meals Cooking in the curriculum New Food Standards

Fantastic Opportunity

for Leeds

Universal Free School MealsThe Story in Leeds

• Pro- active approach• Visits to pilot authorities• Spoken with pupils, head teachers, lunch staff• Caterers & Stakeholders• Head Teacher Steering Group

• Working Plan

School Meal Uptake in Leeds Primary Schools 2012-2013

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80%73.00%

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48.00%

Average Primary School Meal Uptake

Baseline Data

•Schools keep a log of the number of both free and paid meals served in school on a daily or weekly basis using the

school meals tracker.

•Data is submitted using the tracker to the Data Management team at the end of the financial year

•This is not a compulsory data submission, although most schools do return the tracker

Laura Stimpson: Performance Support Officer, Children’s Services

The data is calculated using the formula below:

No. free meals served/187 (av. no. training days)FSM eligibility

Take up of free school meals

Monitoring

DfE to measure progress regularly:• Take up• Nutritional Quality• Details to come

Supporting Schools

On the tables:• Head teachers Q&A• Head teachers Checklist• Flowchart• Toolkit coming soon!

• Q&A System• Feedback on Support