A handful of Sussex schools have been chosen to take part in a free breakfast club pilot.
Fifteen primary schools will provide at least 30 minutes of free childcare before school, some opening as soon as April.
They are:
- Seaford Primary School
- St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School
- Torfield School
- Baldwins Hill Primary School, East Grinstead
- Holmbush Primary Academy
- Clapham and Patching CofE Primary School
- St Robert Southwell Catholic Primary School, Horsham
- Westbourne Primary School
- Parklands Community Primary School
- The Meads Primary School
- Birdham CE Primary School
- Compton and Up Marden CofE Primary School
- Rogate CofE Primary School
- Nyewood CofE Junior School
- Bishop Tufnell CofE Primary School, Felpham
Schools will be encouraged to offer healthy, varied and nutritious breakfasts and host activities including arts and crafts, educational puzzles, reading and more.
Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, said: “Breakfast clubs can have a transformative impact on the lives of children, feeding hungry tummies and fuelling hungry minds, so every child begins the day ready to learn.
“Alongside our plans to roll out school-based nurseries and get thousands more children school-ready, this government is delivering the reforms needed to give every child, wherever they grow up, the best start in life.”
Schools were chosen from across England to ensure the scheme tests and learns from a variety of locations, including those that do not currently run a breakfast club, and all will receive funding to cover food and staffing costs.
Breakfast clubs have been shown to boost children’s reading, writing, and maths by an average of two months.
