School meals can make a significant contribution to a child's dietary intake and influence
overall health and well being. Costs of a meal for those who pay vary. In England the …

Of the 8.4 million children in English state schools, 3.4 million are eligible to get a free meal
at school each day. Just under 2 million of these children are eligible through the means …

The Free School Meals (FSM) pilot was a two-year programme operating in three local
authorities (LAs)–Wolverhampton, Newham and Durham–between the autumn of 2009 and …

Objective: To consider the principal effect of an interaction between year (pre-and post-
Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM)) and school on pupil's dietary intakes. Design …

▪ Entitled to FSM–Pupils are entitled to receive FSM if they live in households claiming
qualifying benefits▪ Registered and claiming FSM–This relates to those who meet the …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to design and implement interventions to increase
free school meal (FSM) uptake in pilot schools. This paper describes the interventions …

This research report updates DFE-RR235–Pupils not claiming free school meals. The main
objective is to present the most recent estimates of the number of pupils who are entitled to …

From September 2014, all infants in state-funded schools in England (comprising Reception,
Year 1 and Year 2) have been entitled to receive a free school meal under the Universal …

There were 272,339 primary age students in Wales in April 2021, of whom 63,614 (23%)
were entitled to free school meals. Free school meals (FSMs) are currently means tested in …

ObjectiveThe present study sought to explore the factors that influence registration for free
school meals and the subsequent take-up following registration in England. DesignThe …