Macclesfield MP Tim Roca has confirmed that two local primary schools — Pott Shrigley Church School and Disley Primary School — have been selected as early-adopter sites for the government’s free breakfast clubs programme in the Macclesfield constituency. The schools will offer free morning meals and at least 30 minutes of supervised childcare to all pupils on the school roll, regardless of family income.
The Department for Education’s list of early adopter schools and its guidance say the programme requires a healthy breakfast that meets school food standards and a minimum 30 minutes of free before-school childcare each day. The initiative is designed to help children start the day ready to learn and to support parents in getting to work.
Local reporting has said the programme is designed to put up to £450 a year back in parents’ pockets per child. In a Macclesfield Nub News report, Tim Roca was quoted as saying: “I am absolutely delighted that Disley Primary School and Pott Shrigley Church School have been selected as some of the first schools to benefit from Labour’s free breakfast clubs and I cannot wait to see the clubs open soon.” He added the scheme would help improve attendance, attainment and wellbeing and help household finances.
While these two schools are part of the early-adopter phase, the DfE guidance shows a wider national expansion beginning in April 2026 — supported by an £80 million investment — when a further 2,000 schools across England are due to join the programme.
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