Education

Derbyshire County Council held its eighth annual Primary Catering Quality Assurance Awards and seventh annual Secondary Catering Awards to recognise top quality service provided to schools by the auth

Cram put around 150 children from 15 primary schools across the county through their paces with a short fun run at the Riverside Cricket Ground, in Chester-le-Street. They also tucked into some health

Chef Stephen Conway, from a luxury country house hotel in Melton Mowbray, was tasked with coming up with the recipes for the county's School Food Support Service (SFSS) in conjunction with EBLEX.

The kitchen will train school caterers from Cambridgeshire and neighbouring counties. It will offer a range of courses, including professional National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) in catering.

All existing catering staff have transferred to Accent Catering under TUPE and will be provided with additional training.

This year's contestants are Lisa Barlow from Marwood Primary in Barnstaple, Liz Horgan from Cornwood Primary, Beccy Robinson from St Giles-on-the-Heath Primary and Karen Tucker from Lampard Community

Backed by Cost Sector Catering, the forum provides caterers working in the public sector with a dedicated conference and exhibition, the chance to network with colleagues in other sectors plus the pos

The offer is being run through the county council's meals contractor, Chartwells and is being funded with a School Food Trust grant.

Letters were sent into the school in September about the initiative, objecting about privacy and the lack of consultation.

Mike Welsh, vice president of the National Association for Head Teachers, spoke out after a survey looking at breakfast eating habits revealed that 31% of parents allow their children to set off for s