Money Box Live: Back to School

Podcast: Money Box · BBC Radio 4

Opublikowano: 2026-09-30

Children in England, Wales and Northern Ireland return to school this week, with Scottish children already well into the first term of the year. Many parents and carers will have the cost of sending their children to school in mind this week, right as several changes come in on uniforms, free school meals and the continued rollout of free breakfast clubs. Parents could expect to spend more than £15,500 on a child's school years from reception to GCSE, with school clubs accounting for the biggest share of the bill, according to new Nationwide research. F...