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What are school breakfast clubs?

Breakfast clubs run before the school day, providing childcare, food and activities. They are a safe environment for children and young people to eat and socialise with their friends. From our partner schools we hear a wide variety of different enrichment activities being held during breakfast clubs.

Our annual Measuring and Monitoring survey discovered that the most popular breakfast club activities amongst our partner schools are arts & crafts, reading and sport. Additionally, 94% of our partner schools agree that breakfast provision has positively impacted concentration in class.

Other benefits include social interaction between all ages, reduced stigma and stronger parental access to work opportunities. Find out more about our annual survey.

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Image of a school aged child awaiting to receive a breakfast bagel from an adult

One of our team will get an understanding of your school, alongside the children, young people and community. They’ll consider and discuss any issues, concerns, or barriers you may be facing so the breakfast set up works for your environment. Based on this we’ll share our different breakfast models with you, our Magic Menu of food items and how everything works.

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Magic Breakfast is here to support you to decide which hunger focused breakfast model works best for your school.

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We’ll teach you to set up the breakfast in a barrier-free way, so that every child can access a healthy breakfast. Each set up in a school is adapted to suit the needs, requirements, and restrictions of a school and we have a wealth of experience in adapting what we do.

How can my school join the Magic Breakfast program?

You can find out about eligibility criteria across England and Scotland and what we offer as part of our membership.

The latest news about breakfast clubs:

I would like to find out more about the Labour Government’s trial of breakfast club’s in England

As an organisation we have responded to the announcement of the government school pilot (Early Adopters Scheme). Read our full response.

If you’re a Magic Breakfast partner school and expressed your interest in taking part in the pilot, you can find out the latest information and updates.

What about school breakfast clubs in Scotland?

We provide breakfast for schools in Scotland too. The Scottish Government recently made an announcement about breakfast clubs in their budget, read our response.

What campaigns are Magic Breakfast currently running?

We currently have our Breakfast Powers Opportunity campaign running, we’re advocating for the government to implement the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to ensure every primary school have barrier-free breakfast clubs. Find out more about our active campaigns.

Why is breakfast important for children?

The benefits of breakfast for children and young people are expansive; including, improved attendance, behaviour and GCSE results. Find out more information about the importance of breakfast.

This page was last updated on

23 January 2025


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