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，儿童食品不安全问题日益严重，可能对儿童的健康和福祉、学习以及社会正义造成短期和长期的不利影响。解决儿童粮食不安全问题的最重要政策工具之一是向有资格获得经经济状况调查的福利的学生提供免费校餐。英国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食品质量负责。然而，我们对学校管理者如何将食品不安全或营养作为其更广泛的学生健康和福利政策和行动的一部分知之甚少。本研究将以能力方法为框架，说明儿童粮食不安全是一种有害的不利因素，需要得到更多的理解和关注，特别是在学校管理机构内。考虑到需要培养的儿童能力的多维性，以及学校运作环境的复杂性，研究将采用混合方法，即数据收集和反思的迭代循环。该提案建议采用参与性行动研究方法，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校长如何理解食品不安全的概念，并了解他们在免费校餐供应方面促进儿童健康和福祉的责任。这项研究还将考察州长对儿童食品安全的看法、他们的法定职责与FSM有资格获得和吃有营养的校餐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.