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Denbighshire primary schools serve almost 140,000 free school meals

21st Jul 2023 - 07:00
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Universal Primary Free School Meals
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Denbighshire’s catering team have served up 139,296 Universal Primary Free School Meals from September of 2022 to June 2023.

Denbighshire County Council started to offer the Universal Primary Free School Meals to all year 2 pupils in Denbighshire from the end of April. The offer is due to be extended to years 3 and 4 from September 2023, and the phased delivery approach will see all primary pupils offered free school meals by 2024.

As part of the rollout, a number of Denbighshire’s primary schools have seen kitchen and catering upgrades, including full kitchen remodels and increased storage, with the addition of new walk-in fridge and freezers. They have also received new cooking equipment to help increase cooking capacity.

Councillor Gill German, deputy leader and lead member for education, children and families said: “A nutritious meal at lunchtime is essential to a child’s learning and development and I am so thankful to our dedicated catering teams who have helped to serve up such a huge number of these meals.”

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Edward Waddell