Food education | School Food Matters

We run fully funded food education programmes for children, young people and teachers to ensure every child understands the impact of the food they eat on their health and the environment, and has the food skills to live a healthy life

The challenges

Challenge

Schools in England are not taking advantage of opportunities to influence children’s eating habits

Evidence

Ofsted thematic review 2018

Solution

Every child understands the impact of the food they eat on their health and the environment, and has the food skills to live a healthy life

540
Schools we have worked alongside to grow vegetables
50,000+
Children have participated in our food education programmes
£670,000
Value of our food education programmes to schools

“Team SFM never allows fear of failure to get in the way of innovation. Since 2007 they’ve piloted several different types of projects; most have worked, some have not! It’s the team’s readiness to learn from successes and failures that has made the charity a trusted partner for so many headteachers.”

Jared Brading, Headteacher and SFM Trustee