Free breakfast clubs to be made available for children in East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
750 free clubs are being made available across England
Last updated 24th Feb 2025
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 East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire, the following schools will be included in the programme:
City of Kingston upon Hull
- Longhill Primary School
- Maybury Primary School
- Neasden Primary School
- Kingswood Parks Primary School
- St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy
- St Mary Queen of Martyrs VC Academy
- Endsleigh Holy Child VC Academy
- St Nicholas Primary School
- Thorpepark Academy
- Ings Primary School
- St Charles Voluntary Catholic Academy
- Broadacre Primary School
- Ganton School
East Riding of Yorkshire
- Our Lady and St Peter Catholic Primary School A Catholic Voluntary Academy
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy Market Weighton
- North Cave Church of England Primary School
- Newport Primary School
- Welton Primary School
- Leven Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Bugthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Willerby Carr Lane Primary School
- Riverside Special School
North East Lincolnshire
- Bursar Primary Academy
- Western Primary School
North Lincolnshire
- Oasis Academy Parkwood
- Winterton Church of England Infants' 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.