Barry school serves 'full roasts' in morning due to pupil hunger

Pupils at a secondary school are being offered a "full roast dinner" in the morning because of the number of children arriving hungry. Whitmore High School in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, said it moved lunchtime forward to help children who are not fed enough at home. "They're eating a full roast dinner at 11 o'clock", said Innes Robinson, the executive head teacher, who said the shifted meal time had helped pupils to concentrate better in class. It comes as the Welsh government announces an extra £15m to help more secondary school pupils access free school meals, by removing the current income threshold on families receiving Universal Credit. All primary pupils in Wales already receive free school meals, a policy rolled out under the last Welsh government. But secondary school pupils only qualify if their families receive Universal Credit and their household income is below £7,400 a year. The new policy would scrap that threshold, making all secondary pupils whose families receive Universal Credit eligible for the meals. The education minister said the change would be introduced gradually from September, starting with Years 7 and 8. But one teaching union called the phased introducti