Teachers estimate that a shocking three quarters of children arrive at school hungry. There are fears that the situation will only get worse as the cost of living continues to spiral.
Dairy co-operative Arla commissioned a survey of 500 primary school teachers in the UK as it works with a charity called Magic Breakfast to donate enough milk to fill 9.5million bowls of cereal to schools across the country. The survey found that teachers believed that 76% of children arrived at school hungry.
It also found that 81 per cent reported that children struggled to concentrate on schoolwork if they arrived with an empty stomach. The teachers said that common effects included children becoming moody (75%) and 67% of teachers said that children felt lethargic by mid-morning.
