Primary school - not enough food on school lunches

[mommy0601]

Hi everyone. I am quite a new mom on here so please accept my apology if I do anything wrong.

In my child's school there is constantly not enough food, especially meat and deserts on school lunches. Several parents complained, including myself, as children often receive only mashed potatoes or jacket potato on its own. Nothing has changed and it has been a few months now. The headteacher is aware of the issue, but as mentioned, still not enough food a week after week. I am boiling literally inside as it is not the only issue we parents have with this school (there was no such problems before the new headteacher came, I do not know if it is just a coincidence or something else). It seems that nothing is being done with the complains. I, along with other parents, are afraid to take it further in case this is taken on our children. Apparently, some teachers are friends privately with the headteacher and hence our worries, possibly completely baseless of course, but I do not think any of us want to risk it.

Would you have any advice as to what we could do about it?

Don’t speak to one governor if you want to complain. Governors can’t act on their own, or get involved in the day to day running of the school. If you have complained to the head and nothing has happened then you must follow due process and use the school’s complaints procedure which will be on their website.

That comment about social services is utter rubbish.

I agree with Pud2.

You need to download the complaints procedure from the website and follow the process.

There is no point going to the governors. They will tell you to submit a formal complaint.

The complaints procedure will set out the timescales that must be followed by the school, and what to do if you are not happy with the outcome.

It's complete rubbish to say that the school with contact social services if you complain. That simply won't happen.