Bridlington primary school set to benefit from new free breakfast club
A Bridlington Primary School is one of 11 more venues across Hull and East Yorkshire to offer free breakfast clubs
Children at New Pasture Lane Primary School are now set to benefit from new free breakfast clubs from April.
Last April, 19 schools across Hull and the East Riding signed up to the breakfast club pilot scheme as ‘early adopters’.
Schools are encouraged to offer healthy, varied and nutritious breakfasts, with examples from wheat bisks and porridge to fresh fruit and yoghurt.
79 new schools in the wider Yorkshire and Humber area are to join the free breakfast club programme in April, bringing the total number of clubs in the region to 183. This means, over 47,000children in the region are set to benefit from Best Start free breakfast clubs.
Schools already enrolled on the programme across Yorkshire and the Humber have served up to 800,000 meals and saved families up to £450 per year. Meanwhile, children are benefitting from healthy breakfasts and being in school earlier, with evidence showing improved attendance, attainment and behaviour.
Applications are now open for schools to join the scheme in September. It is hoped that by September 680,000 children across the country will benefit from the clubs.
The Government’s Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has celebrated the further roll out of the clubs.
She said: “Free breakfast clubs are revolutionising morning routines up and down the country, becoming an essential part of modern-day life for working families.
“From settling a child into the school day to helping parents get to work, free breakfast clubs are giving every child the best start in life – delivering on our plan for national renewal. I was raised by a single parent, so I know first-hand the struggles facing parents trying to make ends meet and how important it is to tackle outdated stigmas with practical support that people can feel every day.”
Frank Young, chief executive of Parentkind, said: “This is good news for parents and especially parents juggling the pressures of work and school drop offs. We know that parents want breakfast clubs and it helps them to get children to school and hold down jobs.
“It’s particularly important for children to start their day well and get ready for school. Parents will applaud this news.”