In July 2013, having considered
a scoping report for a proposed scrutiny review of School Meals,
the Learning & Culture Overview & Scrutiny Committee agreed
to proceed with the review and set up a Task Group to carry out the
review on their behalf. The Task Group
is made up of the following committee members:
Cllr Fiona Fitzpatrick (Task
Group Chair)
Cllr Ruth Potter
Cllr Jenny Brooks
Mr Andrew Pennington (Co-opted
Committee Member)
Review Aim: To improve the
take-up of school meals and free school meals.
Objectives:
1. To
explore reasons for the relatively small increase in take-up of
school meals across all York schools.
2.
To investigate why those parents/carers who are
entitled, do not register and claim for free school meals and
consider how the Local Authority working with partners can
encourage them to do so.
3.
To investigate the reasons why significant numbers
of entitled pupils whose parents/carers have registered and
claimed, do not take up the offer of a free school meal.
4.
To look at the effectiveness of cashless school
meals and there impact on school meal take-up.
Please note that the interim and final reports of this Task
Group will be considered by the Learning & Culture Overview
& Scrutiny Committee as the parent Committee which set up the
review.