Government announces more than 170 free breakfast clubs to open at Yorkshire schools

Birstall Primary Academy, St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy in Batley, and Millbridge A Share Primary Academy in Liversedge are among the schools where new breakfast clubs will launch in the autumn term.

A Government spokesperson said existing clubs are already delivering cumulative savings of nearly £25million to families by serving more than 10 million free breakfasts and providing five million hours of childcare. For a family using their club every day, that is worth up to £450 and 95 hours a year.

Families will also see the cost of going to school cut further from September, as guidance confirming caps on branded uniforms comes into effect.

Schools must comply with the new legal limits on the number of branded uniform items they can require. It means parents can buy more of the everyday basics, such as trousers and shirts, from any shop or supermarket rather than one supplier.

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said: “No parent should have to choose between a summer day out to the beach and kitting their child out for school.

“From September, families will feel the difference at the school gates: free breakfast clubs at 1,400 more schools, an end to expensive lists of branded uniform, and more free lunches for those who need them.

“That's the British childhood this Government believes in – and why we'll always fight to give every child the very best start in life.”