{"id":65968,"date":"2025-05-12T17:12:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T16:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/?p=65968"},"modified":"2025-05-16T15:33:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:33:49","slug":"twenty-five-schools-in-devon-were-among-the-first-in-the-country-to-offer-free-daily-breakfast-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/twenty-five-schools-in-devon-were-among-the-first-in-the-country-to-offer-free-daily-breakfast-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty five schools in Devon were among the first in the country to offer free, daily breakfast clubs."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>All primary aged children in schools identified in the first phase of a Government programme are able to access a free breakfast and at least 30 minutes of free childcare every day.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The free breakfast clubs are available for half an hour before the start of the school day. It\u2019s thought that they will support parents getting into work by enabling them to drop their children off half an hour earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schools in the first phase were chosen from across England, in locations where there aren\u2019t currently breakfast clubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the schools will receive Government funding towards food and staffing costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The schools identified in Devon include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Broadclyst Community Primary School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>East Worlington Primary School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>St Mary\u2019s Catholic Primary School, Axminster<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bearnes Voluntary Primary School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Charleton Church of England Academy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Academy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lew Trenchard Church of England Primary School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dunsford Community Academy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whipton Barton Junior School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whipton Barton Infants and Nursery School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lifton Community Academy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beaford Community Primary &amp; Nursery School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>St Sidwell\u2019s Church of England Primary School &amp; Nursery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lapford Community Primary School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>St Andrew\u2019s Church of England Academy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sandford School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shebbear Community School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tavistock Primary &amp; Nursery School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stoke Canon Church of England Primary School and Pre-School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Goodleigh Church of England Primary School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>St Catherine\u2019s CofE Primary School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glendinning Academy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ellen Tinkham School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bidwell Brook School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The schools are encouraged to offer healthy, varied and nutritious breakfasts. They\u2019ll also provide settings to host activities, including arts and crafts, educational puzzles, reading and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Government has said that universal free breakfasts are central to its plans, removing barriers to opportunity by making sure every child starts the day ready to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said that breakfast clubs have been shown to boost children\u2019s reading, writing and maths by an average two months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that breakfast clubs are part of a raft of Government measures designed to cut the cost of living for families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning from the schools in the first phase of programme will shape the future of the Government\u2019s national breakfast club policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Breakfast Clubs will compliment the current \u2018wraparound childcare programme\u2019, where childcare wraps around the school day \u2013 from at least 8am to at least 5:30pm. Wraparound funding is already available from the Government for schools to apply for.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/for-providers\/wrap-around-childcare\/wraparound-childcare-information-for-providers\/\">For more, please visit our website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":20193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,2175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-children-families-and-education","category-send-category"],"acf":[],"featured_image":{"ID":20193,"title":"Reception year primary school News Page","alt":"two young children sat at a school table 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