Teachers said they will be able to focus more on children’s learning as they backed the Government scrapping the two-child benefit cap alongside wider anti-poverty measures.
A poll has found a vast majority of teachers (72 per cent) thought ministers’ Child Poverty Strategy would positively affect children, rising to 85 per cent of teachers working in the most deprived schools.
Scrapping the two-child cap on benefits was the central policy of the Government’s strategy, announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves at the Budget after pressure from Labour MPs and despite opinion polls suggesting voters favoured the limit.
The strategy also included the introduction of free breakfast clubs for primary school children, and extended eligibility to more than half a million additional pupils in England, among other measures.
With child poverty and hunger blamed in many quarters for affecting children’s performance at school, teachers backed the policies, with a majority (56 per cent) saying it will mean pupils will come to school less hungry, increasing to 73 per cent for those working in deprived schools, according to the Teacher Tapp survey for Save the Children.
Many teachers (43 per cent) said it would mean they have to spend less time worrying about children’s basic needs, rising to more than half (53 per cent) in deprived areas.
Learning and attainment of children would also improve, according to nearly a quarter (27 per cent) of teachers, with even more impact (32 per cent) in deprived areas.
Wellbeing is also expected by teachers to improve by nearly one-in-four teachers (39 per cent) overall, and nearly half (47 per cent) in deprived areas.
Many teachers also said children may now come to school less tired (29 per cent) and more would be more able to join trips (23 per cent).
Teachers also said the strategy would positively impact them personally.
Nearly a third (32 per cent) said it would improve pupils’ concentration, while nearly a quarter said the measures would lead to a calmer or more settled learning environment (23 per cent), and nearly one-in-five believed it would foster a more positive school atmosphere (19 per cent).
Teachers in key skills subject areas, English and maths were also favourable towards the announcements, as 78 per cent of English teachers and 68 per cent of maths teachers said the strategy would have a positive impact on pupils.
Dan Paskins, executive director of UK Impact at Save the Children UK, said: “Those on the frontline working with children day in, day out, know that scrapping the two-child limit to benefits is going to make a significant difference to children’s lives.
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“Teachers polled are positive about the changes that they expect to see in the classroom, from children being better fed at home to improvements in learning.
“The significant investment in children at the Budget and the Child Poverty Strategy will pay dividends long-term.”
Teacher Tapp is a daily survey app that asks over 11,000 teachers questions each day and reweights the results to make them representative. For this survey, around 7,200 primary and secondary teachers replied to three questions, and between 600 and 1500 primary teachers replied to the question on school readiness.
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