Nearly 60 schools in East Midlands to benefit from free breakfast club programme
The Government's announced the 750 schools in England to benefit from the scheme from the Spring
The first schools to offer free breakfast clubs for pupils as part of the Government's flagship scheme have been named ahead of a trial of the programme.
Some 750 state schools with primary-aged children from every region of England have been selected to join the pilot, which is expected to run from April before a national rollout.
The schools chosen for the trial are expected to offer a free breakfast to all pupils and at least 30 minutes of childcare before school.
In the East Midlands, nearly 60 schools are set to benefit, they include:
Derbyshire
- Church Gresley Infant and Nursery School
- North Wingfield Primary and Nursery Academy
- Chaucer Infant School
- Sale and Davys Church of England Primary School
- William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School
- Bradwell Junior School
- Ashbourne Primary School
- Morley Primary School
- Barrow Hill Primary Academy
- Bamford Primary School
- Darley Dale Primary School
- New Mills Primary School
- Parwich Primary School
- Lenthall Infant and Nursery School
- Elton CofE Primary School
- Eyam CofE Primary School
- Rowsley CofE (Controlled) Primary School
- Earl Sterndale CofE Primary School
- Kirk Ireton C of E Primary School
- Matlock Bath Holy Trinity CofE Controlled Primary School
- Peak Forest Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Fitzherbert CofE (Aided) Primary School
Derby
- Firs Primary School
- Hardwick Primary School
- Cavendish Close Junior Academy
- Ash Croft Primary Academy
- Cottons Farm Primary Academy
- Carlyle Infant and Nursery Academy
- Castleward Spencer Academy
- Shelton Junior School
Leicestershire
- Parkland Primary School South Wigston
- Captains Close Primary School
- Riverside Community Primary School Birstall
- Griffydam Primary School
- Worthington School
- Oxley Primary School Shepshed
- Witherley Church of England Primary School
- Dorothy Goodman School Hinckley
Leicester
- Merrydale Junior School
- Braunstone Community Primary School
- Woodstock Primary Academy
- Heatherbrook Primary Academy
- Abbey Mead Primary Academy
- Buswells Lodge Primary School
- Krishna Avanti Primary School
- Avanti Fields School
Nottinghamshire
- St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- St Peter's CofE Primary Academy, Mansfield
- Normanton-On-Soar Primary School
- William Lilley Infant and Nursery School
- Hallcroft Infant and Nursery School
- Larkfields Junior School
- Misterton Primary and Nursery School
- Arnold Mill Primary and Nursery School
- Orchard Primary School and Nursery
- Holly Primary School
- Wood's Foundation CofE Primary School
Nottingham
- William Booth Primary and Nursery School
- Crabtree Farm Primary School
The £7 million "early adopters" scheme - which will test the delivery of the programme ahead of a wider national rollout in England - was announced at Labour's party conference last September.
It is expected to run until July before being expanded as soon as possible.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the clubs would help to break the link "between background and success" for families "all over the country".
"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," she said.
The headteachers' union welcomed the expansion of breakfast clubs, which some schools already run, but expressed concerns that funding would fall short of the cost.
"It will be crucial that these concerns are addressed before the programme is rolled out across the country to ensure that it does not place further pressure on already strained school budgets, and that children and families can fully reap the benefits," said Paul Whiteman, general secretary of NAHT.
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