Teachers reveal scale of pupils’ hunger as 100,000 frozen out of free school meals

Exclusive: Call for FSM income cap to be raised as children in England come to school with mouldy bread or even nothing

How families on the breadline are ineligible for FSMs
Hungry children miss out on FSMs - and schools can't help
The benefit is massive': the school offering FSMs to all

Children not eligible for free school meals are coming to school with mouldy bread, empty wraps and in some cases nothing at all, according to teachers who told the Guardian they had never seen such desperation in the communities they serve.

The harrowing accounts of widespread hunger in classrooms come as analysis by the Liberal Democrats found more than 100,000 children in England may be missing out on free school meals (FSM) at a time when costs have soared.