UIFSM update Jason Walmsley County School Meals Service Advisor Education & Lifelong Learning

Current Position 46.5% Uptake – National 43% 19 Schools with no facilities /hot provision 59 school with transported meals Around 480 schools operating in-house = 84% of schools 2

Capital Funding Capital Funding £150m nationally Essex award £3.157m – 4 th largest allocation in England based upon £17 per pupil 262 bids received – 6 rejected Awards made to 256 schools totalling £3.84m Schools making capital contribution of £800k Contingency £100k (3%) 3

Other Funding Support for small schools: Minimum 3k to support the implementation of UIFSM Meals £2.30 per meal based upon actual uptake DFE forecast of 87% uptake Adjustments made based upon census data submissions for third term (Oct / Jan) Support DFE tendered for organisations to provide “support” to schools – creation of help line, telephone consultations and then as last resort technical on site support to achieve. 4

Capital Projects Status 48 capital medium/Large capital projects No provision: 9 major projects Servery conversions: 11 major projects ( 1 school withdrawn) Large upgrade/ Refurbishment: 28 schools projects (1 school withdrawn) All other schools non major capital works/equipment = 217 schools Individual discussions re technical/funding amendments as required 5

Programme RAG Status Red Status: 8 schools (inc 1 with no plans in place at present time) Amber Status: 12 schools Green status: 389 schools (all LA inf/jun/pri) exc Academies 6

Reporting DFE – RAG status: fortnightly (informal) DFE – RAG status: Half Termly (formal) CFT/LACA (on behalf of DFE) – Operational: Weekly 7

School level operational support Individual business plans Advice and support for recruitment needs Additional training – 1-1 and additional courses Suppliers – Volume forecasting & Additional delivery scheduling Launch support 8

In the pipe-line/Food for thought! Senior MDA’s Training Seminar working together/being ready/working as a team 1.5/2hr session Minimal cost £10 Need 4 venues to host (80/100) – poss school hall??? Issue further guidance to HT’s Q&A update on UIFSM 9

Other big issues: Allergens & Labelling: Change to legislation from December 2013, becomes law December 2014 Revised food standards: Consultation closed Implemented from September 2014 Legislation from Jan

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