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When our children were up to the age of about 4, we took responsibility to get them up, fed, washed and dressed on time. We had one routine for school days and another for more relaxed days. We would also have occasional 'pyjama days' which would mean no washing or dressing but we would still have breakfast, sometimes in our big bed (which I or DH would bring upstairs). Most importantly, they would always see both me and their daddy eat breakfast at the table every day, right up until they were aged about 9 or 10. Our children were never ones to wake early, and unless there was a reason to go out for something I didn't expect them to be up and dressed before about 9 or 10 at weekends and holidays and friends just got used to our lazy ways! 
The Pyjama Day tradition has remained as a firm favourite and we occasionally have these in school holidays on the rare days when none of us have something to go out for (this generally takes forward planning these days!)
From the ages of 4 to about 12 there has been a gradual handover of responsibility of how much they need to do themselves to get themselves ready. Of course they were capable of getting ready at 4 years old, but that doesn't mean they're going to be reliable enough to remember everything, including making and packing their packed lunch, homework and all the other kit and caboodle needed on any given day.
From about 12 they have been fairly independent. Younger ones less so, and have needed a little longer to get the idea that if they don't do it themselves it won't get done!
I provide breakfast ingredients and they help themselves on week days, or when I'm out at work. I monitor what disappears and encourage the fresh breads and fruit to go before the things that store for longer. When there's time, I'll cook them egg & toast or pancakes, and they will sometimes cook themselves eggy bread or porridge. They're sporty and the eldest will get herself out at 7am most Saturdays and Sundays, and walk 1.5 miles to the sports venue/club house. She gets herself some Weetobix or toast/bread before she leaves and her own special milky porridge oats/cereal with jam/peanut butter 'soup mix' with added dried fruit which can be microwaved at the club. She'll take a sandwich or pasta and healthy snacks she's made for lunch if she's staying to help with the younger ones, too (she's 14). I collect her when she's finished. This is all her own choice, and if she wants me to cook her something for breakfast, or some cakes to take with her, or give her a lift anywhere I will, if she gives me fair warning. She gets a great sense of achievement from doing all this herself and has earned our admiration, especially as she wasn't a great getter-upper when she was little.
Other children can need more encouragement to get up and eat, but I don't push. It's up to them and if they only feel like eating a bit of toast and runny egg, a banana and muffin or one bowl of cereal, then it's better than nothing.
I've just had tests which show I have an underlying physical cause to the lack of energy and all round fatigue I have been experiencing for years and which mean I just cannot hurry in the mornings as I used to. For that reason, I can't push children to go faster, as I cannot manage it myself, so I prefer to give them what they need for them do what they can themselves and then set a good example of giving myself enough time to do what I need, and to eat appropriately for my own needs.