Are birthday cakes allowed in schools?
Birthday cakes provided by the school must meet the standards and therefore should not contain confectionery and should be provided at lunchtimes only. It will be for schools to decide whether to have a policy that allows parents to occasionally bring food onto school premises to share amongst pupils (e.g. birthday cakes) and, if so, whether that food will need to meet the standards. Birthdays can be considered as occasional events, but we would urge schools to consider this decision in the light of the ‘whole school approach’ to healthy eating.
