Petition Stop schools charging a fee to allow children to eat packed lunches.

Some state schools are charging parents up to £1.80 per child daily to eat a packed lunch on school premises. This is as much as the cost of a school meal. Parents are paying twice to feed their children. The cost is disproportionate to the effort expended by the school to supervise lunchtimes.

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This was uncovered by the teaching union NASUWT and reported in the press on 28th March 2016.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/12206157/State-schools-charge-parents-to-let-children-eat-their-own-packed-lunches.html

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Date closed 1 October 2016
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