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Nearly four in five teachers say ‘holiday hunger’ is failing to improve

by Samuel Osborne

In the UK, children are returning to school ‘looking visibly less well nourished’ according to teachers. Of 657 secondary school teachers surveyed, nearly half confirmed children in their school had experienced holiday hunger.

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