The new set of standards, launched by education secretary Michael Gove today, apply to all maintained schools, and for the first time new academies and free schools.
Academies and free schools that sign funding agreements from June 2014 will be required to adhere to the food standards. However, the new standards will continue to be voluntary for those free schools and academies set up between September 2010 and June 2014.
The Children’s Food Campaign and the Local Government Association (LGA), which have campaigned for food standards to be made mandatory for academies and free schools, said the move was a positive one but raised concerns over the 3,000 plus existing academies that will continue not to have to follow the standards.
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