Our Publications and resources
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Magic Breakfast Response to the Autumn Statement 2023
This briefing outlines some of the key benefits of breakfast and the evidence behind Magic Breakfast. It also shares the experiences and stories of the schools we already work with and how, through the power of partnership, we can support more children and young people.
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Why Breakfast?
A summary of the benefits of breakfast for children and young people and our models.
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The National School Breakfast Programme: Scale-up Evaluation Report
The National School Breakfast Programme (NSBP) aimed to provide free, nutritious and universally available breakfast in schools in disadvantaged areas of England. The Department for Education awarded an initial contract of £24 million to two charities, Family Action and Magic Breakfast, to co-lead the NSBP for a two-year period beginning in 2018.
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Evaluation report and executive summary
The Magic Breakfast project provided schools with food, support and advice to offer a free, universal, breakfast to all pupils.. The aim of the project was to improve attainment outcomes by increasing the number of children who ate a healthy breakfast.
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The economic cost-effectiveness of the Magic Breakfast model of school breakfast provision
We were delighted to publish a new study by Pro Bono Economics in 2021.
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YouGov Teachers Survey Results – Scotland
This poll was conducted by YouGov on behalf of Magic Breakfast. The survey was live between 20 June 2020 and 29 June 2020. The survey was completed by 725 primary and secondary school teachers in England and Scotland, with 76 respondents from Scotland.
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YouGov Teachers Survey Results – London
This poll was conducted by YouGov on behalf of Magic Breakfast. The survey was live between 20 June 2020 and 29 June 2020. 725 primary and secondary school teachers from England and Scotland responded. 84 teachers from London responded to the survey. 52 of the teachers from London who responded worked in schools with above average levels of disadvantage.
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YouGov Teachers Survey Results
This poll was conducted by YouGov on behalf of Magic Breakfast. The survey was live between 20 June 2020 and 29 June 2020. 725 primary and secondary school teachers from England and Scotland responded.
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What’s for breakfast?
Children, young people and parents reflect on their morning routines.
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Partner School Survey 2023
Each year, in the Summer term, Magic Breakfast surveys all of our partner schools to understand the key challenges they and their school community are facing, we call this our Measuring and Monitoring (M&M) survey. We also ask schools about the impact of school breakfast provision in their school, collecting both qualitative and quantitative data. We use this data to track trends over time, improve our programme – tailoring it to the needs of schools – and to grow knowledge in the sector and beyond of the challenges schools and their communities are facing and the role school breakfast provision can play in addressing these.
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Making the Case for School Breakfasts
Improved Educational and Health Outcomes for Children
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Funding a better start
Magic Breakfast is dedicated to ensuring no child or young person is too hungry to learn, and we want to empower schools to deliver for their pupils; at a time of extreme difficulty. Across England and Scotland school leaders are given the authority to deploy Pupil Premium and Pupil Equity Funding, respectively.
