TWO Barnsley schools will be among the first in the country to take part in the government’s free breakfast club scheme.

Brierley Church of England Primary School and Summerfields Academy in Royston are two of the 750 schools across England to take part.

Ahead of their roll-out across the rest of England, these early adopter clubs will offer 30 minutes of free childcare, a healthy breakfast for children and a little more breathing room before the school bell rings.

Parents will be supported with additional time at the start of the day to attend appointments, get to work on time and run errands.

In total, this means parents will be able to save up to 95 additional hours and £450 per year if their child attends free breakfast clubs every day.

This amount rises to a saving of up to £8,000 every year when combining Labour’s free breakfast clubs with further support through the expansion of government-funded childcare and a new school uniform cap on branded items.

Dan Jarvis, Barnsley North MP, said: “It’s great to see that families in Brierley and Royston will be among the first to benefit from the Labour government’s free breakfast clubs.

“The new clubs at Brierley and Royston show that Labour’s ‘Plan For Change’ is putting children first, supporting working families and breaking down barriers to opportunity.”

Prime Minister Keir Starmer added: “As a parent I know that the combined pressures of family life and work can often feel impossible to juggle.

“That is why our manifesto promised to make parents lives easier and put more money in their pockets with free breakfast clubs.

“Under a year since we came into office, this government is delivering that.

“By making these clubs free and universal, we’re doing something that previous governments have never done.

“We’re going further and faster to deliver the change working families deserve.

“That’s the change this government was elected to deliver.”