Malnourished pupils 'taking school food home'

Teachers are warning of a child poverty crisis, with an increasing number of pupils coming to school without clean clothes and showing signs of malnourishment.Presenting the results of a survey of National Education Union (NEU) members, one primary school head from Cumbria described how some of her pupils had grey skin and poor hair and nails, and would even fill their pockets with food from school meals.Of the 900 teachers and education professionals who responded to the survey, carried out in