[The £1bn spent on universal Free School Meals to infant pupils] should have been spent on every child in poverty getting a free meal, or in rolling out the pupil premium to every child living in the governments definition of poverty, which because they may have one parent in work, very often doesnt happen. I spoke to the Guardian last week about the flaws in the Governments policy of universal free school meals for infants, regardless of their familys income. It is simply the wrong priority when some 1.2 million children of all ages who live in poverty currently miss out on not just a hot meal, but precious Pupil Premium funding too. nickharveymp/en/article/2013/744077/wrong-priorities-on-free-school-meals-nick
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 13:57:48 +0000
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