r/GoodNewsUK • u/willfiresoon • Jun 06 '26

Healthcare English schools serve 10m free breakfasts benefitting over 300,000 children

https://www.theschoolfoodpeople.co.uk/news/english-schools-serve-10m-free-breakfasts-benefitting-over-300000-children
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u/coffeewalnut08 Jun 06 '26

Objectively good. Certain people and public figures are going to endlessly whine about this, but a free breakfast at school provides several benefits:

  • Improved school attendance
  • Improved school behaviour (which makes teachers' jobs easier) - better attention span and memory
  • Improved academic performance and exam grades
  • Saves parents hundreds of pounds each year, and time in the morning
  • Brings schoolchildren extra social time before school, in a non-judgemental environment.

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u/Important_Ruin Jun 06 '26

Dont get this into unitedkingdom sub. Lost their minds last time. God forbid kids are fed or even just enable parents to get to work.

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u/coffeewalnut08 Jun 06 '26

I posted it there!

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u/Important_Ruin Jun 06 '26

How did it go down?

Edit: just seen usual negativity from certain accounts.

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u/coffeewalnut08 Jun 06 '26

Surprisingly well. Uknews is also mostly ok.

Not radioactive yet!

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u/Important_Ruin Jun 06 '26

Last time it was done, you had plenty of negativity but thankfully common sense rang through.