Will the free breakfast clubs mean the school start time is officially earlier ?

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Or will the clubs be totally optional and 2 different start times for those who do take up the offer and those who don’t ?

What do you think the intent of the government is then?

At least it's adding to public services not constantly cutting them like the last lot.

It might mean that parents can start work at 9am which would mean a lot more jobs are available.

@jellyfishperiwinkle

It's bringing the uk in line with Europe and the US with an earlier start time too.
I guess they do finish earlier though.

We really struggle to find people to run our current breakfast club. TAs (of which I am one) understandably don’t want to do it. External providers also don’t want to do it.
There is no way the vulnerable children in my school would make it to breakfast club, they often don’t make it to the usual school start time (regularly late), getting them to come in even earlier is simply not going to happen.

Exactly.
The one we have are run by the same people who run the after school club.
If the school started their own breakfast club - at say 8am, the private provider who may currently be 7.30-8.45, what happens to them? And what if you need 7.30? The external one isn’t going to only run for half an hour.