The cost of living crisis has been making headlines for months, as prices rise and many families struggle to make their incomes stretch.
But much less has so far been known about how those wider financial pressures are impacting on children in the classroom. Our latest research looks at that vital question.
We surveyed over 6,200 teachers across England via Teacher Tapp, to better understand what has been happening on the ground in schools during the autumn term
The findings are shocking. Schools are seeing growing numbers of hungry, cold and tired pupils, with those in the most deprived schools seeing the most hardship.