(UK) Three-quarters of teachers see pupils come to school hungry

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http://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/mar/27/three-quarters-teachers-pupils-come-to-school-hungry-nasuwt-survey

Union chief attacks George Osborne over cuts after survey finds more than a quarter of teachers have had to give children food

Three-quarters of teachers see pupils come to school hungry
Press Association
Sunday 27 March 2016 06.33 EDT

Nearly three-quarters of teachers have seen pupils coming to school hungry, according to a survey.

Increasing numbers also arrive anxious and unable to concentrate because of the financial pressures on their families, the survey by the teachers’ union the NASUWT found.

More than a quarter of teachers reported having to step in and provide food for children and more than half said they had seen their schools do the same.

Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT, said the survey showed that poverty and homelessness was taking a toll on children.

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1. Grinding the faces of the poor is so satisfying.