Early adopter of breakfast club scheme

The Chancellor will introduce 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.

Schools that become early adopters of the breakfast club scheme, will have the opportunity to shape national breakfast club policy, contributing directly to its design and implementation.

Tell Ealing Council's wraparound team

We'd love to get involved so do let us know if you are interested in the early adopter scheme. Tell us by completing this completing this form.

About the DfE's breakfast club early adopter scheme

State funded schools with primary age children were invited to apply to be a breakfast club early adopter. Interest was welcomed from schools:

• with an existing breakfast or before-school childcare offer
• without any existing provision
• that already work with, or are considering working with, private, voluntary or independent (PVI) childcare providers, including childminders, to deliver their breakfast clubs
• that may face initial challenges with setting up breakfast club provision

Find out more

Further information about the early adopters scheme will be available at Breakfast clubs early adopters scheme - GOV.UK.