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Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Call for hot lunches for primary schoolchildren
A politician has called for hot lunches to be made available to children in Guernsey's primary schools. The education president Deputy Andrea Dudley-Owen said she had discussed the logistics with her equivalent in Jersey where the scheme was introduced in December. Dudley-Owen said a three course lunch would cost parents £2.50 in Jersey which "wouldn't be prohibitive but would actually pay for itself in terms of health and social benefits". She said recent findings that children at Guernsey's States-run schools were 70% more likely to be unhealthily overweight had informed her proposal. Dudley-Owen said: "We know the cheaper food available is most often the highly ultra-processed food which is now found to be not good for our bodies. "We're trying to set children up to be the healthiest they can be," she added. The education president said schools would not need to extend or change their buildings as in Jersey the meals were provided through "mini-pop-up canteens". "This is about doing the best we possibly can for our island's children," she added. Follow BBC Guernsey on X and Facebook. Send your story ideas to All government primary schools offering hot meals States pupils 70% more likely overweight - report Schools' vegetable campaign targets fussy eating Campaign to help parents make healthy lunchboxes States of Guernsey
BBC News
06-02-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Community or government: Who should govern Guernsey's schools?
All schools in Guernsey would be required to have a board of governors if a proposal is approved by the States this forward by Deputy Andrea Dudley-Owen, President of the Committee for Education, Sport and Culture, who said it would "give educational governance boards a legal standing".She said the proposals aimed to give parents, carers and members of the local community more involvement in how schools were of governors would hold head teachers to account for decisions and would assess schools' performance and resourcing. Dudley-Owen said the educational governance system would "make the education system fit for 21st Century".If the proposal is passed, it will make it a legal requirement for every school to have a board of governors.A committee would be set up in the short term to decide what responsibilities the boards should said the system was being trialled with Interim Governance boards, which she said had been successful so said evidence worldwide, and also in Guernsey's private colleges, showed good outcomes, as it gave head teachers opportunities to reflect on decisions and consult with members of the school said: "This change is about making space for people with skin in the game, who are invested and interested."There's been a period of instability and almost turmoil around the education system for many years, and there's a view that politicians have been too close to the education system."This is an opportunity to ensure the community start to have a say in the running of our schools."
