The Education (Nutritional Standards and Requirements for School Food) (England) Regulations 2007

  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation, commencement and application

  3. 2.Interpretation

  4. 3.Food Groups.

  5. 4.Where a school is open for fewer than five days...

  6. 5.Lunch requirements

  7. 6.(1) This regulation applies to a school lunch provided

  8. 7.Provision of other food

  9. 8.Food provided by the local education authority or the governing...

  10. 9.Drinks

  11. 10.Fruit juice provided in schools must not contain—

  12. 11.(1) Subject to paragraph (2), drinks provided in schools must...

  13. 12.Nursery schools

  14. 13.Regulations 5, 7 and 8 do not apply to nursery...

  15. 14.Revocation

  16. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Food Groups

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      School lunch requirements

      1. 1.Food included in the groups set out in Schedule 1...

      2. 2.(1) Not less than two portions each day must be...

      3. 3.(1) A portion of food from group B must be...

      4. 4.(1) A portion of food from each of the subdivisions...

      5. 5.(1) A type of bread with no added fat or...

      6. 6.A portion of food from group E must be provided...

      7. 7.No drinks other than those included in group F may...

      8. 8.No more than two portions each week may consist of...

      9. 9.No confectionery or snacks may be provided except snacks which...

      10. 10.Cakes or biscuits must not contain any confectionery.

      11. 11.(1) No salt shall be available to add to food...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Nutritional standards and requirements applying to school lunches in maintained schools from 1st September 2008 (primary schools) and 1st September 2009 (secondary schools, special schools and pupil referral units)

      1. PART 1 Food requirements

        1. 1.Not less than two portions each day must be provided...

        2. 2.Oily fish must be providedat least once every three weeks....

        3. 3.(1) A portion of food from each of the subdivisions...

        4. 4.A food in group D cooked in fat or oil...

        5. 5.A type of bread with no added fat or oil...

        6. 6.No drinks other than those included in group F may...

        7. 7.No more than two portions in each week may consist...

        8. 8.No confectionery or snacks may be provided except snacks which...

        9. 9.Cakes and biscuits must not contain any confectionery.

        10. 10.(1) No salt shall be available to add to food...

      2. PART 2 Nutritional standards

        1. 11.In this Part— “average school lunch” has the meaning given...

        2. 12.There shall be excluded from the calculations required by this...

        3. 13.The average school lunch for a school must be calculated...

        4. 14.The average school lunch must provide –

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Requirements for food provided otherwise than as part of a school lunch.

      1. 1.Foods from group A must be available in any place...

      2. 2.A portion of food in group C may only be...

      3. 3.A portion of food from group D which is cooked...

      4. 4.No drinks other than those included in group F may...

      5. 5.A portion of food which has been deep-fried in the...

      6. 6.No confectionery or snacks shall be provided except snacks which...

      7. 7.No cakes or biscuits shall be provided.

      8. 8.(1) No salt shall be available to add to food...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Requirements for school lunches provided at maintained nursery schools and nursery units within primary schools.

  18. Explanatory Note