Larchwood Primary, Brentwood invites parents to try school dinners

In an effort to encourage more pupils to take up the option of school dinners, Larchwood Primary School is inviting parents to sample the food on offer to their children.

At the first two events, 89 out of 120 children had a parent join them for lunch – greeting them at the door and queuing up together to collect their meals (Image: Supplied) At the first two events, 89 out of 120 children had a parent join them for lunch – greeting them at the door and queuing up together to collect their meals.

Headteacher Steve Bowsher, who eats a roast dinner with pupils each week, said: “People have an idea in their head of what school dinners are like.

“If school dinners were like this when I was at school, I would have had them a lot more.”

Every year group will get the experience each year from now on.