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Support for school breakfast club provision.
Examples of how schools are delivering free breakfast clubs and the benefits they can provide for pupils, families and schools.
Over 300,000 children are set to benefit from Best Start free breakfast clubs in April, as the government prioritises support to tackle the cost of living.
The first wave of the government’s free breakfast clubs have already served two million meals, delivering on the Plan for Change.
Guidance on setting up and running free breakfast clubs, including specific guidance for schools joining phase 1 of the national rollout from April 2026.
Review of the available published evidence on the links between skipping breakfast and short-term cognition and memory.
Free British breakfasts for primary school kids as government joins forces with household brands
Guidance for schools and local authorities on funding for the free breakfast clubs programme rolled out from April 2026.
Estimated pupil take-up of early adopter free breakfast clubs in the first half of the summer term 2025 and an indication of the number of breakfasts served.
Parents set to save up to £450 per year as free breakfast club rollout targets areas where families are struggling most with the cost of living.
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