https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/coronavirus-fsm
Coronavirus: Schools and charities working to keep children fed
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/coronavirus-fsm
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Coronavirus: Schools and charities working to keep children fed
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/coronavirus-fsm
- Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
- Created: 2020-03-25T14:57:44.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2020-03-25T15:02:16.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-06-05T01:06:07.002Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: coronavirus, education, freeschoolmeals, welfare
- Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51944426
- Size: 1000 Bytes
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# Coronavirus: Schools and charities working to keep children fed
In March 2020 we [reported](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51944426) on the impact of closing schools on families whose children are entitled to free school meals.
Almost 1.3 million children, about 15% of those in England's state schools, receive free school meals because they come from low income families.
## Get the data
* Department for Education: [Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2019](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2019)
## Quotes and interviews
* Andrew Forsey, of charity Feeding Britain
* Angie Comerford, who works at Hebburn Helps
* Steve Murrells, chief executive, Co-op Academy schools
* Food charity Fareshare
* Prime Minister Boris Johnson
## Visualisation
* Bar chart: Highest rates of children on free school meals by authority