Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure rural schools are able to access the Breakfast Clubs Early Adopters scheme.

In order to test and learn about how best to support schools in implementing new free universal breakfast clubs, the department has selected over 750 early adopter schools who began delivering from the start of the 2025 summer term, ahead of national roll out to all schools with primary-aged children.

Schools have been selected to ensure a representative sample of all primary schools across a range of locations, including rural schools.

By taking this approach, we will be able to gain insights into any challenges and barriers schools may face, in order to develop solutions ahead of national roll out.