Bermondsey school slams free school meal hamper it was told to send to parents
Josh Salisbury (20 January, 2021) I couldn t make five meals out of that said the headteacher of Riverside Primary
The school topped up the boxes because they were not enough
A Bermondsey primary school has criticised a food hamper it was told to distribute to children on free school meals, saying it simply was not enough.
The packs, which were given to Riverside Primary School, were deemed so poor that staff spent several hundred pounds of the school’s own money to top them up before sending them to parents.
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