As announced by the Chancellor in September, the DfE are introducing free breakfast clubs in up to 750 early adopter schools from April 2025 as part of a test and learn phase in advance of national roll out.
Early adopters will offer all primary-aged children on roll at their school, no matter their circumstances, access to a free, universal breakfast club lasting at least 30 minutes that involves food, providing children with a supportive start to the day
and helping families to have more choice about work. Parents and carers can choose to take up the offer although we encourage schools to promote the offer and drive take up, particularly within disadvantaged groups.
State funded schools with primary age children who wish to apply to be a breakfast club early adopter need to complete the expression of interest form via DfE login. Schools will be asked to complete a few short questions about current breakfast club provision
and take-up, and there will be no expectation to explain why they wish to apply.
The expression of interest form is now live and will close on the 20th December 2024.
Further information about the early adopters scheme will be available at
Breakfast clubs early adopters scheme - GOV.UK.