Apply now for our student-led canteen transformation programme.

What’s your school food like? Is it bland and beige? Are students waiting for ages before getting to unappealing options?

If the answer’s yes, we have an opportunity for your school!

Every single child deserves access to healthy, nutritious food at school – but we all know that’s not the case. Yet.

The fully funded Bite Back in Schools Programme empowers students to transform their school food and dining experience, creating a healthier, more inclusive canteen culture.

Whether it's long queues and beige food or expensive fruit and nowhere to sit, our programme provides the structure and support for your students to identify the real challenges and solutions to your school food environment.

What is Bite Back in Schools?

• For Years 7, 8, 9 or 10 — Students explore the food environment in their school and community.
• Skill-Building for your students — Research, communication, advocacy, and teamwork.
• Real Impact — Student-driven social action to improve their canteen food and space.
• Flexible — Deliver 15 hours of content across the school terms in a way that works for your school.
• Tried and tested — Already been delivered in 200 secondary schools in England.

What you get

• Kick-off assembly delivered by an inspiring Bite Back ambassador.
• Ready-to-go high-quality resources and session plans.
• £500 grant to help you run the programme.
• Start-to-end support from the Bite Back team.
• Engaging physical resources for students, including workbooks and badges.

Your Commitment

• Time in the school day for a year group assembly delivered by Bite Back.
• Time in the school day (usually tutor time, PSHE or a drop-down day) for 5 whole year group sessions delivered in classrooms by teachers.
• One teacher to run a lunchtime or after-school club for a smaller group of students (School Food Champions).
• Willingness to listen to your students' ideas and make changes that put young people's health first.

How do we select schools?

We have a limited number of funded places for 2025/26, and can only offer the Bite Back in Schools Programme to 100 schools. To ensure we’re providing opportunities for change in the communities most impacted by health inequalities, we will prioritise applications from schools which meet the following demographic criteria:

• Above national average % of pupils receiving free school meals.
• Areas with high obesity rates.
• Local Authorities with the highest proportion of neighbourhoods in the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods on the IMD 2019.

For more questions about the Bite Back in Schools Programme, check out our info pack or contact our friendly team at schoolfoodchampions@biteback2030.com.