A majority of teachers have had to step in to help hard-up pupils buy uniforms or get enough to eat in school, a major survey has found.
Some 78% of teachers said their school was helping to provide clothes for needy kids, while 58% were handing out snacks to hungry children during the day.
More than half (55%) were providing free breakfasts, while 31% gave out toiletries and 68% doled out period products to pupils.
