Governing for the wellbeing of all children: the role of secondary state school governors in supporting pupils eligible for free school meals

推出了免费学校餐(FSM)，作为一个营养安全网，以减轻贫困对饥饿和营养不良的影响，并改善教育、卫生和福祉成果。密克罗尼西亚联邦供应不足或使用率低有加剧社会不平等的风险(DFE，2019年)。因此，该项目与幼儿保育和教育途径的优先事项紧密结合，以正规教育、关键的教育政策研究以及与儿童粮食安全有关的社会、心理和身体不平等为中心。饥饿和营养不良对儿童的认知功能和行为产生负面影响，影响儿童的学习、社会互动、参与和融入。新冠肺炎大流行的影响放大了受影响的人数(特鲁塞尔信托基金，2020年)。归根结底，儿童健康和福祉以及学校食物供应的责任在于学校管理者(DFE，2020)。这项研究将审查州长如何在其更广泛的健康和福祉法定职责的背景下，对儿童食品不安全进行概念化，并将其与提供密克罗尼西亚联邦服务的学校政策和做法联系起来。项目洞察将为学校管理者提供信息，以审查密克罗尼西亚联邦的规定，并支持他们所照顾的所有儿童的福祉。该项目将利用联合制作的方法，并将借鉴教育学、社会学、健康心理学和关键政策研究的跨学科方法。

Free School Meals (FSM) were introduced as a nutritional safety net to mitigate the effects of poverty on hunger and malnutrition, and improve educational, health and wellbeing outcomes. Inadequate FSM provision or low take-up risks exacerbating social inequalities (DfE, 2019). This project is therefore strongly aligned with the priorities of the ECY pathway, centring on formal education, critical education policy studies and social, mental and physical inequalities related to children's food security. Hunger and malnutrition negatively affect children's cognitive function and behaviour, impacting children's learning, social interactions, participation and inclusion. Numbers affected have been amplified by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic (Trussell Trust, 2020). Ultimately accountability for children's health and wellbeing and for school food provision rests with school governors (DfE, 2020). This study will examine how governors conceptualise childhood food insecurity, in the context of their wider health and wellbeing statutory duties, and link this to school policies and practices regarding FSM provision. Project insights will inform school governors in scrutinising FSM provision and supporting the wellbeing of all children in their care. The project will utilise co-production methods and will be informed by an inter-disciplinary approach drawing on Education Studies, Sociology, Health Psychology and Critical Policy Studies.