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Submit your free breakfast clubs data return

Submit your free breakfast clubs data return

Use this form to report the daily take up (attendance) of your free breakfast club offer during the week of 8 June 2026.

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

Read the free breakfast clubs guidance for schools and trusts in England (opens in new tab)

You must complete and submit the form on or before 11.59pm on Friday 3 July 2026.

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 free breakfast clubs scheme. View the schools in the scheme to check your setting (opens in new tab)

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 2026 summer 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 8 June 2026 (count week), unless you have a previous agreement with DfE.

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

Sign in with DfE Sign-in

You'll need a DfE Sign-in account to use this service. If you have not used DfE Sign-in before you'll need to create an account (opens in new tab) and link this to your organisation.

If you have questions

For technical issues with this service contact us through the Customer Help Portal (opens in new tab)

For anything else you can contact us at Contact Us - Free breakfast clubs programme (opens in new tab)