Labour’s free breakfast clubs to reach more children in Crewe and Nantwich
By Ryan Parker 25th Nov 2025
By Ryan Parker 25th Nov 2025
More parents in Crewe and Nantwich could save up to £450 and 95 hours per year, as Labour's free breakfast club is set to target less well-off areas.
Applications opened on Monday 24 November for the first 500 to start in April 2026, with four schools in Crewe and Nantwich encouraged to apply.
1,500 more schools will join the programme in September 2026, including two in Crewe and Nantwich - with applications due to open in January.
Half a million more children nationwide will benefit from 'Best Start' free breakfast clubs from April, as Crewe and Nantwich MP, Connor Naismith, called on local schools to sign up.
Applications are now open for the next wave of 500 schools to benefit from the programme, as Labour invests £80 million, aiming to give every child the best start in life.
The move is the latest step in Labour's plan for "national renewal," offering help immediately to working parents juggling childcare by giving them back up to 95 hours of time, over two and a half working weeks each year.
By prioritising schools with the highest proportion of pupils on free school meals, the rollout aims to ensure the real-life impact of free breakfast clubs goes first to where it is most needed.
Schools will also receive a guaranteed £25 a day to cover staffing and admin so every type of school can easily deliver a breakfast club.
For an average school with 50 per cent take up, the total funding package has increased by 28 per cent.
Latest parent polling shows more than one in three parents (38 per cent), find it difficult to give their child a healthy breakfast before school, with fussy eating (36 per cent) and time (28 per cent) being the main barriers.
Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, said: "This is national renewal in action, breaking down barriers so every child gets the best start in life, regardless of their background.
"By rolling out free breakfast clubs to half a million more children, we're not just filling empty stomachs, we're supercharging the nation's morning routines.
"This is about building a country where background doesn't mean destiny, where we invest in our children's futures, and where we deliver the real change working families desperately need."
With 5 million free breakfasts already served, the clubs are already helping ensure a child's background will never be a barrier to opportunity.
Among children aged 5-7, breakfast clubs have been proven to boost average attainment by the equivalent of 2 months' progress in maths, reading and writing.
By saving even more parents up to £450 per year, money is going back into communities so they can choose how to spend it. The targeted approach drives more security, respect and opportunity back into society so families and kids can get on in life.
The test and learn phase saw 5 million free breakfasts successfully delivered up and down the country, helping to provide a soft supportive start to children and a lifeline to working parents.
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, said: "Our free breakfast clubs are ensuring over half a million more children don't start the school day hungry, and save working parents around £450 a year.
"We are launching this in the parts of the country that need it most, helping to bring bills down for families across Britain.
"But we know there's more to do, which is why at my Budget I'll make the fair decisions to cut NHS waiting lists, cut national debt and cut the cost of living."
In a landmark move to go even further, the government's pro-business approach has secured new industry partnerships with Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Weetabix as well as 'Magic Breakfast' until July 2026.
This will ensure top British brands can help schools benefit from discounts and free deliveries and kids to have access to healthier, varied meals.
It comes ahead of the upcoming Child Poverty Strategy, where every lever related to employment, housing, children's health, childcare and education will be examined to improve children's life chances.
Connor Naismith MP told Nub News: "From my conversations with families across Crewe and Nantwich, I know how much difference free breakfast clubs can make, for extra time at the start of the day, for household finances, for children's life chances.
"It is brilliant to see clear Labour choices being made, prioritising support to those for hardworking families who need it.
"I will be working with schools across Crewe and Nantwich, backing their bids to get Best Start clubs from next year."
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