Sending child to state secondary school costs UK families £39 a week, study says

Costs of transport, lunch, uniform, school trips and learning materials amounts to hundreds of pounds a year for each child at a UK state school. Photograph: Peter Lopeman/Alamy

Sending a child to a state secondary school costs families at least £39 each week, and £19 a week for children at primary school, according to research based on a child’s minimum needs.

The study by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) found that the associated costs of transport, lunch, uniform, school trips and learning materials combined amounts to hundreds of pounds a year for each child at a UK state school.