It is important to note at the outset that the Free School Meals pilot was accompanied by substantial investment in catering facilities and activities to encourage the take-up of school meals by schools and local authorities, supported by the School Food Trust such as promoting the pilot to parents, school food tasting sessions and the enforcement of strict packed lunch policies. This means that the impacts of the pilot cannot be attributed solely to making meals available to some or all pupils free of charge, but rather to the whole pilot approach. Any roll-out of the pilot would thus need to consider the supporting activities that might be necessary to achieve the same impacts.