Press releases

  • School Food Matters photo of children being served school lunch
    1 October 2026
    Majority of state school leaders back external checks to ensure revised school food standards improve children’s nutrition
  • School Food Matters photo of secondary students enjoying school lunch
    29 April 2026
    New research highlights key conditions for successfully improving food in secondary schools
  • School Food Matters photo of children eating school lunch
    21 April 2026
    Leading school food transformation programme launches in Cumberland
  • School Food Matters photo of school child enjoying school lunch
    13 April 2026
    School food organisations rally to support new school food standards with £2.3million implementation fund
  • School Food Matters photo of students eating school lunch
    8 April 2026
    Leading school food improvement programme launches in Birmingham
  • School Food Matters photo of a school child enjoying food made in a cookery session
    17 March 2026
    Leading school food improvement programme launches in Hertfordshire
  • School Food Matters photo of school child with an apple
    29 January 2026
    Five-year school food programme offers blueprint for success as government bets big on children’s health
  • Stephanie Slater, Founder and Chief Executive of School Food Matters
    13 June 2025
    School Food Matters Chief Executive Stephanie Slater awarded MBE
  • School Food Matters photo of children enjoying school meals
    4 June 2025
    School Food Matters reacts to government’s extension of free school meals
  • School Food Matters photo of children enjoying school meals
    11 March 2025
    As child hunger grows in schools, teachers are using their own money to help
  • School food matters photo of child eating a school meal
    21 October 2024
    ‘Children deserve better’: Experts urge government to invest in underfunded school meals
  • School Food Matters photo
    21 May 2024
    Schools dipping into their own budgets to stop children going hungry