The head of a Leeds school has warned of a "winter of discontent" for parents and pupils amid figures that show three in five teachers are providing struggling pupils food and clothes.
Teachers and teaching unions have issued the warnings and called on the government for greater support as the cost of living hits vulnerable kids.
Chris Dyson, head of Parklands primary school in Leeds, warned that the situation will worsen as bills rocket from October, saying: “It’s going to be unprecedented, a real winter of discontent.