I thought the whole point was to make sure that they were getting at least one good meal a day? A growing teenager needs a bit more than a salad for their main meal. (View Post)

Back of an envelope calculation suggests it would be more like a dozen more teachers at my school, not just one. (View Post)

You do realise that an extra £2.50 a day for a school meal (and I'm ignoring the capital cost here) is a roughly 10% rise in the cost of education? £5000 a year for the 200 teaching days of the schoo… (View Post)

Telling the pupils what will be on the exam papers (in general terms) is known as "teaching"... (View Post)

At my school no one now knows if one gets free school meals except the parents and (possibly) the pupil: payments are all electronic using a finger scanner. This has the added benefit that pupils don… (View Post)