Manchester Fayre, the school meals provider to Manchester City Council's schools, is celebrating success after the results of a survey show that the level of take up of school meals where they cater is above the national average.

The survey was published by the School Food Trust on 8th July and revealed that Manchester also had the highest level of increase in pupils choosing to have school meals than in any other area in the northwest.

Manchester Fayre say that the national figures show that take-up of figures of school meals is 41.1% and 35.8% in secondary schools.

But Manchester Fayre's take-up figures were 15% higher than the national average for primary schools at 56.4% and 20% higher for secondary schools at 55.9%.

Councillor Bernard Priest, Manchester City Council's executive member for finance and human resources with a responsibility for school meals said: "We pride ourselves on the quality of our school meals both in terms of taste and nutrition and the results speak for themselves.

"The figures make for very happy reading for both us and our customers, and shows that the team's hard work in delivering this service and educating families about healthy eating is paying off."

Words: Georgiana Ndlovu

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