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Submit your breakfast clubs early adopter data return

Submit your breakfast clubs early adopter data return

Use this form to report the daily take up (attendance) of your free breakfast club offer during the week of 10 November 2025.

The academic year (AY) is 2025 to 2026, and you must report for the autumn term only.

See the breakfast clubs early adopter guidance for schools and trusts in England (opens in new tab) for more information.

You must complete and submit the form on or before 11.59pm on Friday, 5 December 2025.

You can edit and resubmit your return until this date.

Allow up to 30 minutes to complete this form. You can save your progress and come back at any time.

Before you start

This form is only for settings that have signed up for, and been accepted onto, the breakfast clubs early adopter scheme. View the schools in the scheme (opens in new tab) to check your setting.

You must only report for primary-aged pupils. This includes children in reception through to year 6 within participating settings.

To complete your return, you will need to know:

  • the start date of both your 2025 autumn term, and free breakfast club
  • how many pupils attended your free breakfast club each day
  • how many pupils eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years (FSM6) attended breakfast club each day
  • how many pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or who have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) attended breakfast club each day
  • how many pupils planned to attend your free breakfast club each day, if you have a booking system
  • about your free breakfast club offer (like how it meets school food standards, duration, parent fee structure, and if you use a private, voluntary and independent (PVI) provider

Note: All pupil counts should be taken during the week of 10 November 2025 (count week), unless you have a previous agreement with DfE.

View the conditions of grant (opens in new tab) for more information on the minimum requirements.

Sign in with DfE Sign-in

You need to have an account with the DfE Sign-in service to access the form. If you have not used DfE Sign-in before you will need to create an account (opens in new tab) and link this to your organisational setting.

If you have questions

Contact us through the Customer Help Portal (opens in new tab)

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