Full list of East Midlands schools now offering free ‘healthy’ breakfast clubs

The government says new plans will see junk food such as sausage rolls and pizzas taken off school cafeteria menus

A total of 40 schools across the East Midlands now offer free breakfast clubs as part of a scheme that hopes to make children’s mornings healthier and cut care costs for parents.

The new clubs opened in schools in Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire on Monday (April 13), with places for more than 8,000 children.

The government says the plans will see junk food such as sausage rolls and pizzas taken off school cafeteria menus, with healthier options such as wholemeal bread, brown pasta and rice introduced to cut high obesity rates in children.

Naomi Grant, the headteacher of one of the participating schools, Baunstone Frith Primary Academy in Leicester, says the new breakfast clubs will help pupils stay focused throughout the day.

She said: “At Braunstone Frith Primary Academy we know how important a healthy breakfast is to prepare our pupils for learning. We see children more engaged and ready to learn after they have eaten a good-quality meal that sets them up for the day.

“Historically we’ve always funded breakfast for our pupils from the school budget so it is great that breakfast is now being funded by the government. We are grateful to be able to redirect money to learning resources.”

The breakfast clubs began on Monday at 12 schools in Derbyshire, eight in Nottingham, seven in Derby, six in Lincolnshire, five in Nottinghamshire and two in Leicester.

Parents and pupils will be able to have their say on the changes to school menus over the next eight weeks as part of a government consultation.

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said: “Today we are launching the most ambitious overhaul of school food in a generation, and it is long overdue.

“Every child deserves to have delicious, nutritious food at school that gives them the energy to concentrate, learn and thrive – meals that children will actually recognise and enjoy, backed by robust compliance so that good standards on paper become good food on the plate.

“From our free breakfast clubs to extending free school meals to over half a million more children, this means good-quality food from the moment children arrive at school to the end of the day.”

Across England, 500 schools began offering the free breakfast clubs on Monday, with the government eventually planning to roll the scheme out to every state-funded primary school in the country.

Full list of 40 East Midlands schools offering free breakfast clubs from Monday (April 13)

Derby

• Bridge Street School
• Kingsmead School
• Redwood Primary School
• Beaufort Community Primary School
• St James’ Church of England Aided Junior School
• Pear Tree Infant School
• Breadsall Hill Top Primary School

Derbyshire

• Poolsbrook Primary Academy
• Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant Academy
• Newhall Junior School
• Braunstone Frith Primary Academy
• Unstone Junior School
• Tupton Primary and Nursery Academy
• Brockley Primary School
• Kensington Junior Academy
• New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School
• St Joseph’s Catholic Voluntary Academy
• Duckmanton Primary School
• Somerlea Park Junior School

Lincolnshire

• Friskney All Saints Church of England Primary School
• Binbrook CofE Primary School
• The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School
• Holbeach Bank Primary Academy
• Fishtoft Academy
• Ermine Primary Academy

Leicester

• Braunstone Frith Primary Academy
• Elmbrook School

Nottingham

• Rufford Primary and Nursery School
• Sycamore Academy
• St Ann’s Well Academy
• Djanogly Strelley Academy
• Edale Rise Primary & Nursery School
• Brocklewood Primary and Nursery School
• Springfield Academy
• Warren Primary Academy

Nottinghamshire

• Skegby Junior Academy
• Eastlands Junior School (Welbeck Federation of Schools)
• Newlands Junior School
• Sunnyside Spencer Academy
• Netherfield Infant School (Welbeck Federation of Schools)