I'm sure we all have memories of school dinners - if you ever get the chance to visit a school in adulthood, two odours that will drag you straight back to childhood, floor polish and the dining hall. Some of us are old enough to remember school lunches before the food and nutritinal standards were repealed, and some of you may have attended at the height of the turkey twizzler craze.

These days, apparently, school food standards are back. But with around 40% of primary schools, and over 80% of secondary schools run as academies, who is checking up. Actually the answer is effectively no-one.

But the quality of the food is only one aspect of lunch. The time pupils are given to relax, socialise and importantly eat, has shrunk significantly recently - sometimes as low as 30 minutes. Quite apart from the loss of lunchtime clubs and activities, this turns the dining hall into a refuelling station.

In this episode students from several local schools tell us about their school lunches and lunchtimes, followed by in interview with someone who has been schooled in both France and the UK.

If you are unaware of the current state of school dinners, be prepared to have your ears opened.

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