2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Do schools in the council area serve less meat in school meals?

Question code
7.6
Section
Waste Reduction & Food
Topic
School Catering
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
High

Criteria

Criteria met if there is one completely vegetarian day each week on the school menu found on the councils' website or councils' principal school catering provider website.

Clarifications

School meals provided by the councils' in-house catering service or the primary contracted caterers that the council use are assessed in this question. These caterers may not cover all schools in the area, but most likely cover the majority of schools the councils' caterers provide for.
Schools includes primary, junior or secondary schools that are state-run schools.
Schools excludes private schools or academies.

Question performance

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0 points

9 county councils

1 point

12 county councils

Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

county councils

77
councils scored higher in 2025
00
councils scored lower in 2025

Legends for difference column

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CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Cambridgeshire County Council1/1▲ 1
Derbyshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Devon County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
East Sussex County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Leicestershire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Norfolk County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Nottinghamshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Oxfordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Staffordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Suffolk County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Surrey County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
West Sussex County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Essex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Gloucestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Hampshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Hertfordshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Kent County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Lancashire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lincolnshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Warwickshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Worcestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria