Rawmash School located in Rotherham

Rotherham

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, South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire

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, England

England

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, is a "Community School and Sports College".

Media coverage

In September, 2006, Jamie Oliver and Rawmarsh Community School, made front page headlines after a group of parents revolted against Oliver's lunch scheme, in which all 1,100 pupils on site were fed two portions of fruit and three vegetables every day. The parents, declaring, "Our kids have the right to eat what they like," took orders over the school fence for nearby sandwich and fast-food outlets. The food was then delivered over the fence to the waiting pupils.