More than three-quarters of heads, teachers and other school staff have taken action to help pupils who are going hungry, with 60 per cent of those that have done so giving food to pupils at their own expense, the research found.
The survey of 164 school staff at primary and secondary schools in the capital was carried out by the London Assembly’s Health and Environment Committee as part of an investigation into food poverty.
More than half of those surveyed said that the reason pupils did not eat breakfast was because families cannot afford to provide it.
Just under one in five of those who took part in the survey said that between 11 an 15 pupils in each class went without breakfast. A similar proportion of respondents said that they gave food to pupils regularly, up to four times a month.
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