More children eating school dinners [belfasttelegraph.co.uk]
- Published: 07 July 2011
More than two-fifths of primary school children and a third of secondary school pupils are opting for school meals.
Figures show an average of 44.1% of children in primary schools and 37.6% of pupils in secondary school ate school meals in 2010/11, a rise from 41.4% and 35.8%, respectively, in the previous year.
More than three million children in England are now eating meals at school, said a spokeswoman.
The figures, compiled from information provided by 129 local authorities in England, showed that 173,000 more pupils were taking school lunch compared to the previous year.
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