We have a local billionaire. He took over the failing secondary school in the town where I work, rebuilt it physically, then changed it to academy status, it's in a very low income area of the town, so breakfast is provided, the children go at 8am, breakfast at 9 - all naturally sugar free type breakfasts which are free. They do pay for their own lunches but school goes on til 5.30pm as afternoons are sports and afternoon tea is provided free too.
He funds all this as the previous school had a massive rate of absenteeism, they actually don't every get homework as it wasn't often fulfilled and they had and still have children who on admission, are picked up as suffering from malnutrition. It says that almost half the 1200 roll are on free school meals.
"Students who join the secondary academy have skills and abilities that are well below those expected for their age and compared with national levels at Key Stage 2. Following the low pattern of attainment in GCSE examinations over the last four years, the secondary phase academy prioritised specific interventions for those Year 11 students who were underachieving, such as mentoring, team-building strategies and small-group support. This resulted in raised expectations and achievement and, in 2011, unlike in previous years, students made good progress in overcoming their barriers to learning. A very high proportion of students successfully gained five or more A* to C grades in the GCSE exams"
He does this for his own local town, what used to be the school you went to if your parents couldn't get you in the other two much better schools, or if they couldn't be bothered too, is now over subscribed and doing really well.
He's an amazing man