The education sector, excluding nurseries, make up 2.5% of Total Foodservice. • Number of sites: 31,798 • Number of LEA’s: 212 • Market value: £2.4bn • Number of meals Served: 1.24bn • Number of students: 15.1m • Number of school breakfast clubs: 1,800 • 43% of state funded schools have been converted to Academies Schools Over 60,000 people working in the provision of school food. Of those directly working in school kitchens: 56% are employed by the local authority 32% by a private contract caterer 12% by a school with in-house catering Universtities 92% of universtities are investing at least £100m in their campuses over five years (started in 2019), including catering improvements. The average annual catering income was £6.3m (25% of total income) - includes catering to residences and campus catering. Some universities have another significant revenue stream from Conferencing, averaging £2.1m per Institute. (source: Caterlyst Insights, image: University of Roehampton London)