School Food: How to support schools and food providers to meet the regulations (England)
In partnership with the School Food Trust, Nutrition and Wellbeing are running a 1 day CPD course for Nutritionists and Dietitians, School Food: How to support schools and food providers to meet the regulations (England).
A successful pilot of this one-day continuing professional development (CPD) programme has led to the development of this course, which is designed to make sure dietitians and nutritionists are fully equipped to help schools with the legislation. The central aim of the course is to give dietitians and registered nutritionists learning experiences that they can apply immediately to their work in schools.
The workshops, which are a major part of the programme, are designed to be very practical. Learners’ are given three ‘real life’ scenarios based in a primary, secondary and a special school. Typical menus from each type of school category are used through the day. Participants work in groups to undertake an assessment of the menu for its compliance with the food-based standards for food other than lunch, the final food-based standards for lunch and the nutrient-based standards for school lunches. They consider factors including the provision mix, recipe substitution and recipe modification. Once the assessment is complete, learners develop an action plan for each type of school based on the knowledge and experience they have gained.
All delegates taking part in the pilot programme ‘How to support schools and food providers to meet the School Food Regulations (England)’ said they would recommend the course to others. The School Food Trust and Nutrition and Wellbeing Limited are now offering this BDA endorsed training in London and Newcastle.
Course dates and venues
This course can be provided on request. Please email schoolfood@nutritionandwellbeing.co.uk.
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We are pleased to announce that School Food: How to support schools and food providers to meet the regulations (England) has gained BDA endorsement
Aim: To enable RDs and RNs to enhance knowledge and skills to support schools and food providers to implement the School Food Regulations (England).
Specific objectives:
- Enhance understanding of current DCSF School Food Regulations
- Extend knowledge or skills of how to evaluate food provision across the school day
a. Food-based standards for school food other than lunch
b. Final food-based standards for school lunches
c. Nutrient-based standards for school lunches
Apply and share lessons learnt to achieve compliance with School Food Standards with reference to the School Food Trust information, advice, guidance and tools
- Develop an understanding of the auditing and inspection process and requirements for compliance.
Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding:
a. Food-based standards for school food other than lunch
b. Final food-based standards for school lunches
c. Nutrient-based standards for school lunches
- Use a checklist to evaluate an example of food provision across a school day against food-based standards for school food other than lunch
- Assess if standard recipes have sufficient information to enable calculation by identifying missing information from a recipe template.
- Write an action plan for a school and their caterer providing clear set of steps that should be taken to achieve compliance with the food-based and nutrient-based standards
- List contents of a portfolio and write a draft statement of what they have done to achieve compliance with the School Food Standards.
The programme for each day is as follows:
