CYP Now - Minister's Question Time: Margaret Hodge, Minister for children, young people and families (21)

I am the head teacher at a local education authority-maintained nursery school with a rich ethos and history of outdoor play and healthy living going back to the 1920s.

We were one of the first to sign up for the National Healthy School Standard.

Yet our 60 children are still not eligible for the free fruit scheme, although their peers who attend primary school nursery classes are. Could you explain if and when this situation will be remedied?

As you point out, stand-alone nurseries and pre-schools, regardless of whether they are LEA-maintained or independent, are not currently eligible for the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme. At the moment, the scheme is open to children aged four- to six-years-old who attend LEA-maintained infant, primary and special schools and to any other children in the same class.

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