While Jamie Oliver renews his crusade for better food in Britain's schools, North Wiltshire MP James Gray and Wiltshire Chief Constable Martin Richards have been tucking into healthy school dinners.

On Tuesday Mr Gray dropped into Redland School while the chief constable joined pupils at St Peter's Primary School.

Both Chippenham schools have joined the growing movement to make sure children get some healthy nourishment in the middle of the day.

Sarah Findlay-Cobb, acting headteacher at St Peter's, said the meal with the police officer was part of the Healthy Eating Week.

She said school lunches, which she eats everyday, had improved a great deal since coming into the spotlight.

"Sodexho has been particularly interested in organising evenings for parents to talk about packed lunches," she said.

The chief constable enjoyed roast chicken with fresh seasonal vegetables all prepared on site.

All the mid-day supervisory assistants eat a school lunch and some of the staff too.

Abbeyfield School in Chippenham has set a national first - a snazzy juice and smoothie bar, the first of its kind in the country.

For just 50p students can buy a smoothie or freshly squeezed fruit juice at a bar set up with the school caterers Aramark.

As well as implementing all the Government's nutritional guidelines from September 1 the school banned the sale of unhealthy snack foods.

Aramark operations manager Andrew Edwards said: "It's a one-stop shop for vibrant tempting juices and smoothies which go a long way to meeting the five fruit and vegetables a day mark."

Another new project is an on-line system for ordering and paying for packed lunches so parents know what their children eat.

James Gray enjoyed a meal of pasta bolognese and fresh fruit at Redland Primary School.

The school doesn't have a kitchen but teacher Sarah Billett has given all the children lessons in putting together a healthy lunchbox.

Parents were invited to lessons on creating healthy packed lunches.

This has proved so popular that the school is producing a healthy lunch box booklet.

"The children are beginning to talk about healthy eating with each other," said headteacher Hilary Walton.