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

免费校餐作为一个营养安全网被引入，以减轻贫困对饥饿和营养不良的影响，并改善教育、卫生和福利成果。密克罗尼西亚提供不足或低吸收风险加剧社会不平等（DfE，2019）。因此，该项目与幼儿保育和青年途径的优先事项密切相关，重点是正规教育、批判性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。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、社会交往、参与和融入。受影响的人数因新型冠状病毒疫情的影响而扩大（Trussell Trust，2020年）。儿童健康和福祉以及学校食品供应的最终责任在于学校管理者（DfE，2020）。本研究将探讨州长如何概念化儿童粮食不安全，在他们更广泛的健康和福利的法定职责的背景下，并将其与学校的政策和做法有关的FSM规定。项目的见解将告知学校管理者，以审查FSM的规定，并支持他们照顾的所有儿童的福祉。该项目将利用联合制作的方法，并将通过教育研究，社会学，健康心理学和批判性政策研究的跨学科方法提供信息。

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.