The "family service", or lunchtime as it's known to most of us, is a lively affair at Petchey Academy. The bright modern dining room at the east London school is packed with children tucking into rice and curry and chatting about their day.
Instead of lunching with friends, pupils sit on designated family tables. Children from different years are mixed together and there is at least one adult on every table.
David Daniels, principal of the academy, located in a notoriously deprived area, believes family service is vital to his pupils' wellbeing.
"For a lot of our kids this is the one proper meal of the day," he explains. "We far exceed government guidelines on healthy eating. We have mixed religion tables and mixed age tables, so pupils have access to role models as well. Henry, a year 10 boy who is going to go far, is on a table with a couple of year 7s."
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