[Omah]

Originally Posted by kizzy

Thats not true omah,
had a little dig around...
Funding from the department for education funds those eligable for free school meals, or those in local authority care via the 'pupil premium'.
For instance my sons school has over 230 eligable children, their funding for 2012/13 is over £137,000.
Schools who can apply for the'magic breakfast' funding must have 50% of all pupils eligable for free school meals.
Nationwide there is 1.25 billion available to support 'pupil premium' eligable students.
If some schools want to spend their allocated funds on toast then thats up to them.... There are NO regulations, the money can be spent however the school wishes....

BUT ..... AFAIK, Blackpool are not restricting the plan to "those eligible for free school meals, or those in local authority care via the 'pupil premium'" ..... again, you are speculating based on an initial news report .....