In 2018, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) issued an urgent ‘call for action’ for schools to ‘make healthy food and drink choices the norm’ (1). To address dietary imbalances associated with poor health and sub-optimal educational performance, healthy food and drink choices at school were to be promoted and the supply of unhealthy (discretionary) food and drinks limited (1). This study aimed to evaluate if healthy food and drink choices were ‘the norm’ in Australia’s secondary schools five years on. We undertook a secondary analysis of the 2023 National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey (2) using day 1 dietary intake data (collected January 2023 to March 2024 by interview using the 24 h dietary recall method ‘Intake24’) from a nationally representative sample. All foods and drinks consumed by secondary-school-age individuals (12-17 years) (n=566) on school days during school hours (9.00am to 3.30pm) were analysed. Survey weights were incorporated into the analysis for inference to the total Australian population of secondary-school-age adolescents. Relative Standard Errors were calculated using the Group Jacknife Replication Method. Mean energy intake from discretionary foods and drinks (1,705kJ (RSE = 6.7%) (2.8 serves)) comprised 45.6% (RSE = 4.3%) of student’s energy intake during school hours. The foods and drinks that provided the highest amounts of discretionary energy were: sandwiches from home, followed in descending order by potato crisps, sugar-containing cola, savoury pastry items e.g. meat pies and sausage rolls, chocolate biscuits, burgers, muffins, muesli/cereal bars, sausages, savoury biscuits, cakes and ice cream – items that healthy school policies aimed to restrict consumption of. Mean intake of free sugars was 10.3% of energy intake (RSE = 8.6%), so exceeded the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended maximum (3). In contrast, the mean intakes of healthy foods from the vegetable, dairy and lean meat and alternatives food groups (1.0 (RSE = 11.0%), 0.7 (RSE = 9.1%) and 0.5 (RSE = 12.0%), serves respectively) provided only one-fifth (19.9%, 18.6% and 21.8%) of the minimum recommended daily intake for 12- to 17-year-olds (5). Mean intake of healthy foods from the fruit and grains food groups were 0.9 (RSE = 8.2%) and 3.1 (RSE = 7.0%) serves – 44.3% and 47.9% of the minimum recommended daily intake, respectively. Overall, 32% of the minimum daily recommended serves of healthy foods and drinks, versus 83% of the maximum daily recommended serves of unhealthy, discretionary foods and drinks, were consumed during school hours. In conclusion, healthy food and drink choices were not ‘the norm’ in schools attended by Australia’s over 1 million secondary school students. Stronger policies, as recommended by WHO (4), are required to increase the provision of healthy foods and drinks and decrease availability of unhealthy foods and drinks at secondary schools.