Cost may be a 'challenge' for school breakfast club

The launch of a school's breakfast club was "a really lovely experience" but its headteacher has raised concerns over the future costs of the scheme.

Kingswood Primary School, near Wotton-under-Edge, is one of 15 schools in Gloucestershire and 750 in England to take part in the government pilot that aims to give thousands of parents half an hour of free morning childcare.

The trial is running until July ahead of an expected national rollout but headteacher Wendy Collins said the 60p allocated per child by the government to cover the cost of food and staff would be a "challenge".

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said she was "confident" the funding would be adequate.