Three-quarters of secondary schools in England are breaking the rules on food offered to pupils by serving chips, burgers and hash browns too often – and sweets and crisps at breakfast time, according to a report. “Shocking” breaches of school food standards have been exposed on Monday, in a new analysis of the food provided at almost 400 state secondaries undertaken by Bite Back, a food charity set up by the chef Jamie Oliver.
Yup, Bound to want some publicity for something... 🙄
Three out of four menus it analysed at 391 state secondary schools in England contained at least one breach of the standards. Most involved schools offering unhealthy foods more often than is allowed. At 206 schools (53%), products high in fat, sugar or salt that are meant to be banned altogether – such as crisps, Oreos, Mini Cheddars, chocolate bars and pastries – were being offered to pupils to buy as snacks, including at breakfast time and at lunchtime.
The horror! Children allowed to buy sweets! Whatever next?
“These findings are very alarming and expose a system that is fundamentally failing our children,” said Williams. “It is shocking to find crisps and chocolate being pushed at breakfast time or processed meats like sausage rolls and bacon baps being served far more frequently than the rules allow.
In most schools in inner-city Britain in 2026, there won't actually be a lot of takers for pork and bacon...
“Young people have been telling us for years that their school food is ‘beige, bland and boring’ and now we have more evidence that they are being surrounded by unhealthy food throughout the school day.
If they are telling you one thing amd doing another, you've been had!
“Schools should be a sanctuary for health and learning, yet the current postcode lottery of food quality is undermining that mission.”
Shame - go find something else to do. Something worthwhile, rather than free publicity for a multi millionaire.
