10 questions about food education on the primary curriculum

Who is responsible within DFE for the Design and Technology curriculum?
Given food education is included across the curriculum in Design and Technology (D&T), science and Relationship, Sexual Health and Healthy Eating subjects, how much food education is actually taking place in primary schools?
If something is on the curriculum, what ensures it is taught?
How much do schools and teachers refer to the curriculum in their planning?
What support is needed or expected by teachers to implement food education on the curriculum?
In what way do primary schools translate the national curriculum for food education into their school curriculums?
How then do schools ensure teachers are enacting their school curriculums?
What is needed to ensure food education remains on the curriculum longterm?
What influences the amount of food education included in the curriculum?
If food education wasn’t part of the national curriculum, would schools still teach children about food?

Food Eduction Research