A £10 fee linked with having money refunded from a recently shut schools pre-payment app has been dubbed "unfair" by parents.

Currently, all children in reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are eligible for free school meals, with schools getting a grant to ...

A leading academic has shared his thoughts on the quality of the free meals provided to primary school children in Wales.

In 1879, Manchester became the first city to provide a free school meal to the neediest children in the UK. The 1906 Education (Provision of Meals) Act empowered all local education authorities in ...

The chancellor says she does not "recognise" suggestions that means testing could be introduced in a bid to save money.

Experts say that serving sustainable and healthy plant-based meals in schools and hospitals could save the NHS millions of ...

THE UK Government is not planning to axe free school meals and period products for English pupils, a source has insisted. In ...

Mindful Chef, the UK’s highest-rated recipe box, is proud to announce a major milestone: 20 million hot school meals donated through its longstanding charity ...

Applications made from 1st April 2025 may not always be entitled to free school meals. — Parkland Primary (@ParklandSch) March 27, 2025 The rules stated: "Since 1 April 2018, all existing free ...

Free school meals in Wales should be "more cost effective, healthier, and more climate friendly", a leading academic has said ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves does not “recognise” reports suggesting that ministers are looking at reducing the number of ...

Proposed budget cuts in England may lead to the loss of free school meals for millions of primary school pupils.