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  • School Meals in Northern Ireland 2024/25

    Topics:
    • Statistics and research

    Date published: 5 June 2025

    Last updated: 13 April 2026

    The purpose of this statistical bulletin is to provide results of the annual data collection relating to the uptake of school meals in Northern Ireland schools in 2024/25.

    Format Change Notice – School Meal Uptake Statistics

    From 1 April 2026, School Meal Uptake statistical releases are now published in HTML format to improve accessibility and user experience. 

    As part of this improvement, we have converted and replaced the previously published PDF version for 2024/25 release with equivalent HTML version. The original PDFs remain available below for reference.

    Documents

    • School Meals Statistical Bulletin – 2024/25
    • School Meals Tables for 2024/25Microsoft Excel (44.73 KB)
    • School Meals 2024/25 Infographic Adobe PDF (1.48 MB)
    • School Meals Statistical Bulletin – 2024/25 - previous format - superseded by HTML versionAdobe PDF (796.4 KB)
    • School Meals Tables for 2024/25 - previous format - superseded by HTML versionMicrosoft Excel (124.42 KB)
    • School Meals Tables for 2024/25 - previous format - superseded by HTML versionOpenDocument spreadsheet (99.4 KB)

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