A healthy breakfast is proven to boost children’s energy levels, problem-solving skills, and attention spans. Thanks to the introduction of free breakfast clubs in England’s most disadvantaged communities, thousands of children no longer start school hungry—and many more will tuck into a free breakfast from April.
Currently, more than 180,000 pupils in the country’s most disadvantaged communities enjoy free breakfast clubs. But when children return from their Easter holidays, more than 300,000 across 1,250 schools will kickstart their morning with a “healthy, nutritious and varied” breakfast, alongside activities like reading and crafts.
What is the free breakfast club?
Introduced last April, these 30-minute sessions before school provide a free breakfast that follows the School Food Standards to all primary school-level children across England. From Easter, over 500 new clubs will launch, but building on that, an additional 2000 schools will be added before March 2027.
This is part of a national rollout, which will eventually see free breakfast clubs in every primary school in England. Breakfast clubs have already been shown to boost children’s reading, writing, and maths by an average of two months, but could also save families up to £450 a year in childcare and food bills.
Which Birmingham primary schools are part of the free breakfast club scheme?
- Oasis Academy Blakenhale Infants
- Cedars Academy
- Yenton Primary School
- Marlborough Primary School
- Gossey Lane Academy
- Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School
- Merritts Brook Primary E-ACT Academy
- Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery
- Anderton Park Primary School
- Bellfield Infant School (NC)
- Somerville Primary (NC) School
- Firs Primary School
- Al-Furqan Primary School
- The Shirestone Academy
- Stechford Primary School
- Oasis Academy Woodview
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School
- Oasis Academy Blakenhale Junior
- Alston Primary School
- Woodcock Hill Primary School
- Forestdale Primary School
- St Michael’s Church of England Primary School
- Woodhouse Primary Academy
- Lift Percy Shurmer
- Audley Primary School
- The Orchards Primary Academy
- Heathlands Primary Academy
- Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy
- Tame Valley Academy
- Chivenor Primary School
- Lift Lea Forest
- Redhill Primary School
- Regents Park Community Primary School
- Springfield Primary Academy
- Aston Tower Community Primary School
- St Saviour’s C of E Primary School
- Oasis Academy Hobmoor
- St Matthew’s CofE Primary School
- St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary School
- Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC)
- Brownmead Primary Academy
- Gunter Primary School
- Timberley Academy
- Deykin Avenue Junior and Infant School
- Hall Green Infant School
- Hawthorn Primary School
- Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery
- St Benedict’s Primary School
- World’s End Junior School
- Bellfield Junior School
- Glenmead Primary School
- World’s End Infant and Nursery School
- St Patrick and St Edmund’s Catholic Primary School
- Langley School
- Mapledene Primary School
- Erdington Hall Primary School
- Wilson Stuart School
- E-ACT Nechells Academy
- The Oaklands Primary School
- St George’s Church of England Primary School
- Yarnfield Primary School
- Pegasus Primary School
- Hillstone Primary School
- Ark Victoria Academy
- Nonsuch Primary School
- St Wilfrid’s Catholic Junior and Infant School
- Mayfield School
- St Chad’s Catholic Primary School
- King Solomon International Business School
- The Oaks Primary School
This map shows all the participating schools in the free breakfast club scheme. Schools joining the programme will contact families directly about how to sign up for the free breakfast club.
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