City Academy Whitehawk changes Free School Meal decision

Earlier in the week we responded to concerns from parents in our community who highlighted potential gaps and worries that the Free School Meals policy was not being provided.

We liaised with local MPs, councillors and head teachers and found answers to the questions parents had.

We were also very pleased to see City Academy Whitehawk, which provides primary education in the community, change its decision to issue food parcels and instead offer food vouchers like every other school in the city.

The focus of the Class Divide campaign is the educational attainment gap between young people from these neighbourhoods and the citywide average - we see and our parents tell us that issues around homeschooling technology and the affordability of school meals are critical factors to even being able to study.