The power of school breakfasts has been proven time and again. A full, nutritious breakfast at school is key to powering the opportunities in every classroom across the country, and the research surround the importance of breakfast tells us so much.
One child was really struggling to settle down in the morning and was losing 45 minutes of education every day. We invited him to attend breakfast club free of charge and now he is ready to learn every morning.”
Magic Breakfast Partner School
Research shows that breakfast improves cognitive functions such as reaction time, visual attention span and memory in secondary school students.
Schools with breakfast provision have 26 fewer half-days of absence per year in a class of 30, compared to schools without breakfast provision.
Students who regularly eat breakfast achieve nearly two GCSE grades higher than those who rarely have their morning meal.
Breakfast improves concentration and behaviour, which in turn creates better classroom environments even for those who don’t attend school breakfasts.
87% of our partner schools and 85% of parents believe that eating breakfast has a positive impact on children’s academic attainment.
We know that Breakfast Powers Opportunity, and so much more. Free school breakfasts are key to powering children and young people, and unleashing opportunity in every classroom across the country, allowing children to start the day, and the rest of their lives, off right.
Join us in pushing the government to prioritise their commitment to free school breakfasts in all UK primary schools. Every day of delay is another day when children and young people could be missing out on vital learning opportunities.
