Guidance

Breakfast clubs early adopter guidance for schools and trusts in England

Guidance explaining the role of schools taking part in the breakfast clubs early adopter programme.

From:
Department for Education
Published
16 January 2025
Last updated
17 September 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Breakfast clubs early adopter guidance for schools and trusts in England

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List of breakfast clubs early adopters

/government/publications/breakfast-clubs-early-adopters-schools-in-the-scheme

Details

This guidance explains the role of schools taking part in the early adopter programme, as part of the government鈥檚 commitment for new free breakfast clubs in all primary schools.

It sets out the requirements and expectations of schools delivering universal breakfast clubs and outlines what schools need to consider when setting up or expanding existing provision.

Updates to this page

Published 16 January 2025
Last updated 17 September 2025 show all updates

  1. Added link to 'List of breakfast clubs early adopters'.

  2. Updated the 'Designing breakfast clubs' section to clarify that sugar should not be made available for adding to cereals.

  3. First published.

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