The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) confirmed that it was considering a ban after local authority education directors raised the issue. A spokesman said the new School Food Trust would address the issue.
Over the last few weeks, DfES officials have held a series of high-level meetings with local education directors to discuss a possible ban.
Chris Waterman, the executive director of the Confederation of Education and Children's Services Managers, was present at the meetings.
He told Children Now: "If children can walk across the playground and buy chips and burgers from a van instead of using the school meal service then that undermines that service. What we want to see is exclusion zones set up around schools to prevent these chip vans from effectively asset stripping school meal services."
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