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A school meal in an orange tray with vegetables and meat in one side and strawberries in the other side and a blue plastic cup. In the background are containers with food in

Almost 40,000 children to get free school meals

The increase in Hull and the East Riding comes after the government expanded the scheme.

Hull & East Yorkshire

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (R) speaks with pupils over lunch during a visit to a primary school in Essex, eastern England, on June 5, 2025. The UK Government announced Thursday that over half a million more children are to get free school meals.

Headteacher welcomes free school meal announcement

All children in families that get Universal Credit will be eligible for free school meals.

A number of schoolchildren look at a fish held by a person out of shot.

Pupils help create new sustainable fish finger

The fish finger is made locally from bycatch that would otherwise go to waste.

Several primary school pupils sit at a canteen table eating a meal. They are all wearing white uniform polo shirts and are smiling at one another. Alongside the food in front of them are multi-coloured drinking cups and a jug.

Free school meals to be extended to 500,000 more children

Charities broadly welcome the plans, saying they hope it is a sign of more to come.

Family & Education

A man in a white and blue chequered shirt, red tie and blue suit jacket. He is looking into the camera and stood in front of a school canteen

Minister confirms free school meal fund increase

Sir Stephen Timms confirms the funding for each free school meal will rise by three pence.

Two primary school children one wearing a royal blue sweatshirt and black shorts, with blonde hair in a ponytail, the other with bunches and wearing a light blue gingham dress with a royal blue cardigan over. They are standing in front of a yellow and white striped canopy in a school classroom.

Fruit juice 'not fruit' in school food shakeup plan

The plan also sees sweet treats and fried food being cut down in primary schools.

A school meal in a yellow plastic tray. The tray is sectioned into three with the main meal on the left, a dessert in the top right corner and a blue drinks cup in a circular holder on the bottom right. It stands on a stainless steel counter with trays of food in the distance.

More pupils auto-enrolled for free school meals

The move by Newcastle City Council follows similar schemes by other authorities including Durham.

An image of a school dinner in a compartmentalised yellow tray with a drink in a blue plastic cup. The meal appears to be meat and gravy with broccoli and some fruit on a stick for dessert.

School meals 'help picky teens eat more healthily'

The Bristol University study claims school dinners could help picky eaters have a more varied diet.

Pupils wearing green school uniform eating breakfast seated at a blue table in a classroom setting. Two boys are on the left and one is eating toast, two girls are on the right. They are passing the butter to each other across the table, and a toaster is in the background.

Free breakfast clubs open at Cornwall schools

The launch of free breakfast clubs proves popular at a group of five primary schools in Cornwall.