What’s happened to the Small schools Taskforce report and yet more trouble for Small Schools

Not Very Jolley:

The small schools task force promised a more detailed report giving indicative costings and guidance for schools, with the initial hope it would be published some time prior to the implementation of UIFSM in September 2014. This was then delayed and eventually promised in November.

Then it came to light that their flagship school, Peyhembury junior school, despite all the extra advice provided by the small schools task force experts, had been unable to run a universal infant free school meal service. They were forced into asking for an extra £43,217 for new infrastructure. (oddly the SFP video promoting Peyhembury was taken down from youtube at around this time)

The original target of 30 schools in the south west was never met and the project seemed to lurch from one problem to another. To the point the small schools task force has all but disappeared from the school food plan website.