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Parents pay £1,003 a year to send their child to primary school

One week to go: Headteacher Update's 17th National Pupil Premium Event set to hit Birmingham

Free school meals: Calls grow for automatic enrolment and higher thresholds

Auto-enrolment for free school meals ‘a no-brainer’

Children missing education: Around 305,000 pupils aged 5 to 15 are missing from schools entirely

'Appalling' – £7,400 free school meals cap has not increased in six years

Eight in 10 primary teachers are buying items for pupils in need

One in five schools now operating food banks as cost of living bites

'The fourth emergency service' – food aid is becoming the norm in schools

Food poverty warning: Schools bracing for a difficult winter ahead

Poverty: Pupils so hungry they are stealing food at school

A 'pay-as-you-go’ education: The hidden costs of schooling