The schools in Liverpool and the north west offering free breakfast clubs
Parents will be able to access half an hour of childcare before lessons, as part of a Government trial
Dozens of schools in Liverpool and the north west are offering parents free breakfast clubs as part of a trial run by the Government.
Half an hour of childcare will be provided before lessons at 750 schools in England, from now until July.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said: "The rollout of free breakfast clubs is a truly game-changing moment for families in this country.
"They mean parents will no longer be hamstrung by rigid school hours and have the breathing space they need to beat the morning rush, attend work meetings and doctors' appointments, or run errands.
"And crucially, it means better life chances for children."
"By making these clubs free and universal, we're doing something that previous governments have never done.
"We're going further and faster to deliver the change working families deserve.
"That's the change this Government was elected to deliver."
To mark the launch of the pilot scheme, Sir Keir and Cabinet ministers including Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper are expected to visit some of the breakfast clubs across the country on Tuesday.
The Government expects the extra time to save parents £450 a year, if their child goes every day.
But teaching unions have warned that the money provided by the Government will not be enough to cover the cost of expanding breakfast clubs.
Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said "initial feedback" from schools was that the funding "just isn't sufficient".
The Government has previously insisted the funding will be enough to deliver the programme.
Ministers have also claimed that the provision of 30 hours of free childcare per week from September, up from 15 hours a week, will save parents up to another £7,500 a year.
But early years groups have warned that financial pressures will mean some childcare providers will be forced to limit the number of Government-funded places on offer or close entirely.
The schools in Liverpool and the north west offering free breakfast clubs
Knowsley: Blacklow Brow School, Eastcroft Park School, Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, Hope Primary School, A Joint Catholic and Church of England Primary School
Liverpool: St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School, Fazakerley Primary School, New Heights High School
St Helens: Ashurst Primary School, Garswood Primary and Nursery School, Pace
Sefton: King’s Lander Primary Academy, St Monica’s Catholic Primary School
Wirral: Woodchurch Road Academy, Overchurch Junior School, Castleway Primary School, Leasowe Primary School, St Paul’s Catholic Primary School, Heygarth Primary School, The Observatory School