From this month, all Southwark primary school pupils will be offered a free school dinner as the council extends its Free Healthy School Meals (FHSM) programme.
Southwark Council piloted its FHSM programme with a small number of schools in 2011, before rolling it out to all primary school children in years two, three and four last September.
The extension to the programme to all primary pupils will see more than 21,000 children benefit from a daily free school dinner.
Tower Hamlets Council has also introduced universal free school meals. The council announced yesterday that 3,943 reception and year one children attending 74 schools will be offered free school meals over the next two academic years.
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