Children can’t be expected to learn properly if they are going to class hungry, the Welsh Schools Minister has said.
Jeremy Miles said free school meals were vital when families were buckling under the pressure after austerity and the legacy of the Covid pandemic.
The Welsh Government has committed to offer school dinners to all 272,000 primary pupils by 2024 - in stark contrast with the situation over the border in England.
An additional 45,000 children have become eligible for the benefit since September, with 1.5million extra meals served in Wales.
The Welsh schools chief suggested that the ambition could extend to secondary schools depending on the success of the rollout to younger kids.
