Welcome to the Food in Schools primary training website – here you will find information about the programme and how to access FREE training!

The food in schools primary training programme provides teachers with an excellent opportunity to enhance and develop their knowledge, skills and understanding about food and cooking in the primary curriculum.

Funded by the DCSF to enable accredited secondary food teachers to work with primary schools to provide an informative programme of professional development; the Food in Schools training focuses on practical solutions for the busy classroom.

It also forms part of the national Healthy Schools programme, also funded by the DCSF, and will help your school to meet two of the criteria for the Healthy Schools standard by providing “practical food education for staff” and ensuring that “pupils have opportunities to learn about different types of food in the context of a balanced diet...”

The key aims are to:

• increase teachers’ confidence and competence in teaching about food and nutrition;
• increase pupils’ experience of working with food;
• increase pupils’ knowledge of diet, nutrition, healthy eating, food chain principles, food hygiene and safety;
• support the Healthy Eating core theme of the Healthy Schools programme;
• help raise the standards of achievement in food education;
• develop a supportive network between schools concerning food issues.

This information will give you an overview of the programme and how it works. Should you have any further questions please see the FAQs or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .