The cost of living crisis has become “a frontline issue for schools” according to an education expert who says he has heard “harrowing” stories from teachers.
Lee Elliot Major, the country's first Professor of Social Mobility at Exeter University, said there are growing reports of pupils unable to afford the bus fare to get to school or to buy lunch, with the problems set to get worse this winter as inflation continues to rise and energy prices set to spike.
