A summary of Food Education resources

Published 04/05/2018.  Last updated 09/07/2025
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The following links will allow teachers and practitioners to access key information, resources and policies in order to support professional development and the implementation of using food as a context for learning. They will also provide inspiration and connections around interesting practice currently emerging across Scotland in this area.

Improvement questions

  • Through the learning experiences and opportunities I create, how am I helping young people develop skills which prepare them for their future career pathways and the world of work?

  • How can we work effectively with parents, employers and our wider community in order to enhance and develop food and health education?

Food in Schools across Scotland - A digital framework for everyone involved in food provision and food as a context for learning in schools across Scotland. It requires education and catering staff to work together using relevant, high quality evidence to evaluate what is working well and identify areas in need of improvement.

Better Eating, Better Learning - guidance to support driving positive improvement in food education and school food provision

Good Food Nation - Scotland’s aspiration that people from every walk of life take pride and pleasure in, and benefit from, the food they produce, buy, serve, and eat each day

Setting the Table - A nutrition guide for Early Years establishments

Healthy Eating in Schools 2020 - A guide to implementing the Nutritional Requirements for Food and Drink in Schools (Scotland) Regulations 2020

Health Promotion and Nutrition Act (2007) - guidance in relation to fulfilling the health promotion duty of the Act

Nutritional Analysis Manual - guidance for schools and local authorities on how to adopt a consistent approach to nutritionally analyse school lunch menus in order to demonstrate compliance with statutory nutrient standards

Free School Meals - information in relation to access and entitlement to free school meals

Revised Dietary Goals for Scotland - guidance setting out nutrition goals for Scotland

Beyond the School Gate - guidance for local authorities, schools, retailers, caterers and other partners on what they can do to influence the food environment around schools and support children and young people to make healthier choices

How School Food Delivers on a Range of Policies

Experiences and outcomes

Benchmarks - to make clear what learners need to know and be able to do to progress through the levels, and to support consistency in teachers' and other practitioners' professional judgements

Food for Thought resources - a suite of resources designed to allow practitioners to plan for progression through the levels of broad general education, to inform next steps, challenge, breadth and application in a Scottish food context

Food and Health Skills Support Resource - provides support materials that can be used to plan learning and teaching approaches in Food and Health and Food Technologies

Food Science Videos - demonstrate the real life application of food science to industry with people discussing how food science is used every day in their job.

Good Food Skills – a resource to support practical and progressive food technology for broad general education

STEM - Food Security 2nd level - learning journeys

Good Food Learning resource - information and practical activities to improve learning and teaching around food production and sustainability

French e-book 1st level - Food

DYW - Career pathways in food and drink

DYW - Careers in the rural industry in Scotland

DYW - What Could I Be?

Ag ionnsachadh mu Alba Cùis Smaoineachaidh / Learning about Scotland Food for Thought

Who can help in Food Education in Scotland?

A summary of Food Education resources

Published 04/05/2018.  Last updated 09/07/2025
sourceLearning resources schoolHealth and Wellbeing (HWB)

The following links will allow teachers and practitioners to access key information, resources and policies in order to support professional development and the implementation of using food as a context for learning. They will also provide inspiration and connections around interesting practice currently emerging across Scotland in this area.

Improvement questions

  • Through the learning experiences and opportunities I create, how am I helping young people develop skills which prepare them for their future career pathways and the world of work?

  • How can we work effectively with parents, employers and our wider community in order to enhance and develop food and health education?

Food in Schools across Scotland - A digital framework for everyone involved in food provision and food as a context for learning in schools across Scotland. It requires education and catering staff to work together using relevant, high quality evidence to evaluate what is working well and identify areas in need of improvement.

Better Eating, Better Learning - guidance to support driving positive improvement in food education and school food provision

Good Food Nation - Scotland’s aspiration that people from every walk of life take pride and pleasure in, and benefit from, the food they produce, buy, serve, and eat each day

Setting the Table - A nutrition guide for Early Years establishments

Healthy Eating in Schools 2020 - A guide to implementing the Nutritional Requirements for Food and Drink in Schools (Scotland) Regulations 2020

Health Promotion and Nutrition Act (2007) - guidance in relation to fulfilling the health promotion duty of the Act

Nutritional Analysis Manual - guidance for schools and local authorities on how to adopt a consistent approach to nutritionally analyse school lunch menus in order to demonstrate compliance with statutory nutrient standards

Free School Meals - information in relation to access and entitlement to free school meals

Revised Dietary Goals for Scotland - guidance setting out nutrition goals for Scotland

Beyond the School Gate - guidance for local authorities, schools, retailers, caterers and other partners on what they can do to influence the food environment around schools and support children and young people to make healthier choices

How School Food Delivers on a Range of Policies

Experiences and outcomes

Benchmarks - to make clear what learners need to know and be able to do to progress through the levels, and to support consistency in teachers' and other practitioners' professional judgements

Food for Thought resources - a suite of resources designed to allow practitioners to plan for progression through the levels of broad general education, to inform next steps, challenge, breadth and application in a Scottish food context

Food and Health Skills Support Resource - provides support materials that can be used to plan learning and teaching approaches in Food and Health and Food Technologies

Food Science Videos - demonstrate the real life application of food science to industry with people discussing how food science is used every day in their job.

Good Food Skills – a resource to support practical and progressive food technology for broad general education

STEM - Food Security 2nd level - learning journeys

Good Food Learning resource - information and practical activities to improve learning and teaching around food production and sustainability

French e-book 1st level - Food

DYW - Career pathways in food and drink

DYW - Careers in the rural industry in Scotland

DYW - What Could I Be?

Ag ionnsachadh mu Alba Cùis Smaoineachaidh / Learning about Scotland Food for Thought

Who can help in Food Education in Scotland?