September 13, 2019
A British school has gone vegetarian by banning meat and fish from school lunches. 
Secondary School Serves Vegetarian-Only Lunches – Heres What Parents Think Of That
The Swan School in Summertown, Oxford, offers free breakfast to all secondary school pupils, plus a paid-for hot canteen meal with options such as lentil lasagne, minted pea and feta frittata and Quorn sausage and potato bake.
Headteacher Kay Wood said the meat-free policy would allow the school to “serve better quality meals for the same money”.
In a statement shared with HuffPost UK, Wood said the move was not a “judgement of people who eat meat” – or designed to make all students vegetarian – but because of “huge environmental and sustainability benefits”.
The academy has also stopped pupils from bringing in packed lunches. Wood said this is because they want all the children and staff to “eat together and engage at lunchtime”. There are meat and fish options available for snacks at break time, but the food for lunch is fully vegetarian.[Read more: Photos Of School Lunches From Around The World]Wood added: “Most importantly, it allows students of all faiths and different dietary requirements to eat together. We want to build a strong, cohesive, school community – that’s why our family dining approach is so important.”
According to reports, some of the parents at the new secondary school are less than pleased with the meat-free canteen, despite being told of the veggie-only policy before term began. 
One mum said her daughter had come home from school “very hungry”. 
“I’ve heard that a lot of children were very hungry as well,” The Sun reported. “There should be option at dinner time [to] eat meat, I’ve never known a school to be like this.”
But registered nutritional therapist Anna Mapson, whose children – aged six and nine – attend a vegetarian school in Bristol, told HuffPost UK she felt the move was a good one.My children's school in Bristol is vegetarian already and it's great, take up is good and children eat well balanced meals.— Anna Mapson (@GoodnessMeNutri) September 13, 2019“My children’s school has been vegetarian for five years, for sustainable and economical reasons,” she told HuffPost UK. “To get good quality meat is very expensive, so it’s better not to have meat at all than offer cheap or processed meats to children. 
“They offer food such as ‘fake’ shepherd’s pie, Quorn or veggie sausages, falafel and bean wraps, lentil bolognese or baked potatoes with beans. The kids love it.”
Commenting on whether a strictly vegetarian lunch could negatively impact children who receive free school meals – or children whose parents rely on school lunches to be their main source of nutrition – Mapson said it depends if the caterers are offering “proper vegetarian food”, rather than simply a meat substitute.
“If they’re offering beans and eggs and yoghurt, they’re all good sources of protein,” she said. “It is possible for children to be healthy vegetarians. Foods just have to be tasty, appealing to children and nutritional.”
When we asked our HuffPost UK Parents’ community what they thought of the scheme, the responses were largely positive:I would be delighted, mainly because when I was vegetarian at school, the options were essentially the meat option, without the meat. If vegetarian was the main option i think everyone would benefit off much higher quality food overall. Cheaper and better for the planet, too!— Flora Beverley (@F_F_Flora) September 13, 2019Fine providing it was nutritionally balanced and not just chips and cheese!— Shelly (@TheShellyWilson) September 13, 2019so long as it was still balanced and nutritional, who cares? we are a no chocolate, less sugar, healthy eating school - if they get rid of meat and fish, no problem— Janine Pipe (@disneynine) September 13, 2019I would be delighted as long as its nutritional and balanced, along with educating it would help our children to adapt to different food tastes and have a wider understanding of where and how our food is sourced— ThatchamRouleur (@baroudeurSteve) September 13, 2019Some, however, believed food options during school lunches should be a “choice”. I think it should be a choice. Not something forced onto kids.— RisingGear (@JessyLeger) September 13, 2019I wouldn't agree. This should be a choice. I'm all for healthy eating, no fizzy drink, sweets etc but this is a step too far.— La Belle Cake Co (@labellecakeco) September 13, 2019In the statement given to HuffPost UK, Wood – who reiterated that she is not vegetarian herself – continued: “We are by no means the first school to do this and I believe that if we fast-forward ten years, then many, many more schools will be serving vegetarian meals.”
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