27th September
This week the Chancellor announced that up to 750 state funded schools with primary aged pupils will begin delivering free breakfast clubs from April 2025. Funding will allow these schools to run free breakfast clubs for their pupils in the summer term (April-July 2025) as part of a test and learn phase to inform delivery of a national rollout. HMT press notice
Schools that are interested to find out more about becoming an early adopter can sign up here to be notified as further information is available.
DfE’s Breakfast Club Team are committed to working with schools, childcare providers, local authorities and sector experts as part of the early adopters programme. They will be back in contact when further information about the programme and future engagement opportunities is available to share.
If you have any questions in the meantime, please email their stakeholder mailbox at breakfastclubs.earlyadopters@education.gov.uk. Individual schools who wish to sign up for can find more information at this link.