Nursery World - Free meals for all primary children in borough

All primary school children in Tower Hamlets will be offered free
school meals from this term.

The east London borough is one of just four councils to have expanded free school meals across all its primary provision.

From the start of this school year all children in infant classes in England - Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 - are eligible for free school meals.

Tower Hamlets started offering free school meals to all Reception and Year 1 pupils last September.

From the start of this term, the council has expanded this to all primary school children in the borough, including those at free schools and academies, regardless of family income.

The move follows a recommendation last year by the School Food Plan, a project commissioned by the Government, that free school meals should be extended to all primary school children.

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