Breakfast Bombshell: Free School Meals Begin – Is Yours Included?
- Massive rollout: 750 schools across England now offering free breakfast clubs from today.
- Parents rejoice: Scheme aims to ease cost-of-living pressures and morning chaos.
- Government backing: Part of Labour’s childcare reform with £30 million in funding this year, growing to £315 million by 2028.
- Full list: Schools from Newcastle to Cornwall included (scroll for full list).
- Children benefit: Nutritious start to the day = better focus and learning.
As a parent myself, juggling work, family, and finding time for that sacred first cup of coffee, this news caught my eye like a glitchy checkout screen at Aldi.
Today marks the start of something truly game-changing for families up and down the country – over 750 schools have officially launched free breakfast clubs. That means fewer rushed mornings, no more soggy cereal on-the-go, and potentially thousands of pounds saved each year for parents.
These clubs are now running in schools from Newcastle to Cornwall, and more are coming soon.
Keir Starmer, who’s been dubbed the ‘Connect Four King’ after playing with kids in Bath this morning, said the scheme would “put more money in parents’ pockets” and help “beat the morning rush.”
This is part of Labour’s bigger childcare plan, which also includes a cap on school uniform costs (yes please!) – with claims that it could save families up to £8,000 a year. That’s enough for a budget holiday around Europe and still have change left over for duty-free Toblerones.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson added that these clubs help kids settle in, focus better and get the most out of their school day. Basically, it’s a breakfast boost for both parents and pupils.
Labour promised this in their manifesto and are delivering – £30 million now, and a whopping £315 million by 2028-29.
So, the big question is… Is your school on the list?
Tom Church, Co-Founder of LatestDeals.co.uk said, "I love anything that helps families save money and stress. Free breakfast clubs are a brilliant way to support parents and give kids the best start to the day. As someone who’s always hunting for value, I think this is a fantastic step forward."
Free courtesy of the tax payer, some of who don't have children but are forced to be a socialist.
The trouble with these sort of schemes is a bowl of cereal that would cost us normal people perhaps 30p (because our own labour and logistics is free) would end up costing perhaps 1.50 if done by the government as they have to employ people and organise the logistics of getting the food to the schools etc.
I have zero confidence in the people setting up the scheme being clever about the logistics and lowering the cost as much as possible. Cereal has a very long shelf life and there are factories in the UK manufacturing cereal for all the supermarkets for their own brands. The clever thing to do would be to contact such factories directly to get a fantastic deal for the tax payer, a route could be created so the factory delivery vans could deliver cereal on a regular basis in the most efficient manner. The boxes could be plain white boxes. Surely the government would have huge buying power.