Parents could save up to £450 a year from the rollout of 500 more free school breakfast clubs in deprived areas, the Government has said.

Primary schools where two in five (40%) or more pupils are eligible for free school meals (FSM) will be able to apply for funding from Thursday to open free breakfast clubs in an attempt to target schools where families are struggling the most with the cost of living.

The Department for Education (DfE) has increased funding for the breakfast clubs by 28% for the average school, it said. This comes after unions said during the pilot stage school leaders were telling them the funding wasn’t sufficient.

Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said: “We’re very pleased the Government has listened to feedback from the trial scho

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