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

在英国，儿童食品不安全正在加剧，对儿童的健康和福祉、学习以及社会正义都可能产生有害的短期和长期后果。为解决儿童粮食不安全问题，最重要的政策手段之一是向有资格享受经济状况调查津贴的学生提供免费学校餐食。英格兰的学校及其管理机构越来越多地被要求对学生的健康和福祉以及学校的食物质量负责。然而，我们对学校管理者如何将食物不安全或营养视为更广泛的学生健康和福祉政策和行动的一部分知之甚少。这项研究将使用能力方法作为框架，以证明儿童的食物不安全是一种腐蚀性劣势，需要更多地了解和关注，特别是在学校管理机构内。考虑到需要滋养儿童能力的多维性，以及学校运营环境的复杂性，研究将采用混合方法的方法，数据收集和反思的迭代循环。该提案建议采用参与式行动研究方法，与3-4所中学的学校理事会合作。这项研究将调查英格兰的中学管理者如何对食物不安全进行概念化，以及如何理解他们在提供免费学校膳食方面促进儿童健康和福祉的职责。这项研究还将审查州长对儿童粮食安全的看法、他们的法定职责与符合密克罗尼西亚联邦有资格获得和吃到营养的学校膳食和学习的儿童的能力之间的关系。

Childhood food insecurity is increasing in the UK, with potentially detrimental short and long-term consequences for children's health and wellbeing and learning as well as for social justice. One of the most significant policy instruments for addressing childhood food insecurity is the provision of free school meals (FSM) to pupils who are eligible for the means tested benefit. Schools, and their governing bodies in England are increasingly being held accountable for pupil health and wellbeing, and school food quality. However, we know little about how school governors conceptualise food insecurity, or nutrition as part of their wider pupil health and wellbeing policies and actions. This study will use the Capability Approach as a framework to make the case that childhood food insecurity is a corrosive disadvantage that warrants greater understanding and focus, particularly within school governing bodies.Reflecting the multidimensionality of children's capabilities to be nourished, as well as the complexity of school operating contexts the research will adopt a mixed-methods approach, of iterative cycles of data collection and reflection. This proposal recommends a participatory action research methodology, working in collaboration with school governing boards in 3-4 secondary schools. The study will investigate how secondary school governors in England conceptualise food insecurity and understand their duties to promote children's health and wellbeing with regard to free school meal provision. The research will also examine the relationships between governors' perspectives on childhood food security, their statutory duties and the capabilities of children eligible for FSM to access and eat nutritious school meals and to learn.