Which standards should be followed in a special school with pupils aged 4-16 years?
The School Food Regulations (2007) state that where a maintained special school provides both primary and secondary education, a school lunch provided to a junior pupil must comply with the requirements for primary schools; and a school lunch provided to a senior pupil must comply with the requirements for secondary schools. Schools can calculate values for the nutrient-based standards by taking into account the age distribution of the pupils, so only one analysis has to be carried out. The different nutritional requirements would then be met by varying the portion sizes served to different age groups. There is an example of how this would be calculated in the technical notes section of the guide to introducing the Government’s food-based and nutrient-based standards for school lunches here.
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