1. Schools keep a log of the number of both free and paid meals served in school on a daily or weekly basis using the school meals tracker.
Data is submitted using the tracker to the Data Management team at the end of the financial year
This is not a compulsory data submission, although most schools do return the tracker

2. No. free meals served/187 (av. no. training days)
The data is calculated using the formula below:
No. free meals served/187 (av. no. training days)
FSM eligibility

3. Take up of free school meals