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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Poor pupils are eating alone and hiding lunchboxes due to shame, teachers warn

Children are hiding their packed lunches and sitting alone at break time due to shame about how little they have to eat, a headteacher has said.

Dr Nick Capstick, head of Drove Primary School in Swindon, said teachers were bringing in food to feed pupils who were arriving at school tired and unable to concentrate because they're so hungry.

The Mirror and the National Education Union are campaigning to widen the free school meals scheme to all primary pupils in England.

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