This week the government has started rolling out their free breakfast club scheme, which will be trialled in 750 primary schools until July. The initiative – which, as many are quick to point out, is not actually free but funded by the taxpayer – will cost around £30 million. However, many headteachers have warned of a funding shortfall as the basic rate is just 60p per meal per day (with an additional 78p per pupil per day added based on the proportion of free school meal pupils at the school).
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