Free School Meals for All

An overwhelming majority of parents in England support extending free school meals to all primary school children.A poll conducted in the week after Rishi Sunak called the General Election found more than three quarters (77%) support…

Schools are being forced to dip into their budgets to stop children going hungry, research shows today.Four in 10 (38%) teachers said their pupils were showing up to class too hungry to learn, rising to 63% in the most deprived areas,…

Children are so hungry they are eating rubbers or pretending to eat from empty lunchboxes because they don't qualify for free school meals, MPs have heard.The scourge of child hunger in schools was laid bare during a Commons debate, where…

A majority of fogeys exterior London need free college meals for all main college pupils.Only one in 4 (26%) dad and mom of main youngsters in England mentioned they had been coping financially this college yr, with one in 5 (18%)…

The guidelines for free college meals may be complicated, because it is dependent upon what a part of the UK you reside in. London mayor Sadiq Khan has as we speak confirmed that pupils within the capital will obtain free college meals for…

All youngsters in London's main faculties will have the ability to get free college meals for a second 12 months, Sadiq Khan has introduced.The London Mayor, who's preventing to win a 3rd time period, unveiled £140 million plans to increase…

The higher youngsters eat, the higher they study, the higher they do in life. It is a fairly primary method that we're profiting from in London.Since September, City Hall’s common free college meals programme has meant each youngster, in…

Severance payouts for short-lived Education ministers throughout final yr's political chaos may have funded almost 13,500 free college meals, evaluation reveals at this time.The ministerial "merry-go-round" triggered by the collapse of…

Children can't study after they're hungry.That's the message from the top of a London secondary faculty the place pupils whose households get Universal Credit are actually benefitting from free faculty meals. Jessica West, Principal of Ark…

Poorer pupils are greater than 18 months behind classmates from wealthier households by the tip of highschool, a report reveals immediately.Gaps between deprived kids and kids from better-off backgrounds have worsened since 2019 below the…