The health and wellbeing of primary school children declined between 2014 and 2022.
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Swimming and cycling ability declined while there was a rise in eating sugary snacks according to new research.
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Measures need to focus on reducing social segregation in schools.
The battle against poor nutrition: a history of school meals in the UK.
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From soup and semolina to Jamie’s school dinners: the changing face of school meals in the UK.
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Widening access to free school meals would be an investment in England’s children.
Many children, especially from low-income communities or communities of color, eat up to half their daily calories in school.
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Expanding free lunch programs could also reduce stigma for students, lower administrative burdens for schools and create jobs for communities.
The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank held a distribution event at the LA county library’s headquarters on Jan. 22, 2021.
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These efforts are growing due to the coronavirus pandemic. They involve partnerships with school districts, food banks and other institutions.
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Some young people feel their voices and experiences during the pandemic have not been heard.
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The importance of diet to a child’s development cannot be overstated.
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Your view depends on whether you see poverty as the result of individual or policy failings.
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If children are not given the nutrition they need, there are long-term effects on their health.
A women receives bread at the ‘Hunger Has No Religion’ feeding scheme run by Muslims in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Despite the success of relief efforts by the government and civil society, it’s clear that hunger and food insecurity remain at disturbingly high levels in households.
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Free school meals have been an issue since 1906.
An East Brainerd Elementary School lunch, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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The millions of US children whose parents can’t always afford enough nutritious food for their families get about a quarter of their calories from what they eat at school.
Welsh funds for school meals are being used to expand pupils’ education.
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There is a stigma attached to free school meals that causes parents to abstain from claiming them
Food for thought.
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Lunchtime is one more lesson on what a healthy meal should look like.
Lifting the lid on grammar schools.
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Busting the myths on grammar schools.
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New analysis shows access to grammar schools is highly skewed by a child’s socioeconomic status.
Better levels of education and higher exam results found in the South of the country.
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Crunching the numbers on the latest school performance data.
Primary school children work on problem solving.
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The reintroduction of grammar schools means that once again schools and headteachers will be required to make sense of contradictory national policies.
Families need a helping hand outside of school terms too.
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Families are falling deeper into poverty when school holidays come, just to feed their children.