Breadline Britain: 83% of teachers see evidence of hungry children in their class

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Almost 600 teachers speak out about how hungry children are in their classes. Here's what they said

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The Guardian's teacher network has been conducting a survey - giving teachers the opportunity to describe how well fed their students are when they come to class.

The results are both a rich data set of anecdotal evidence of hunger in primary and secondary school and estimated figures for the number of students thought to be hungry.

The headline figures from the survey show that 38% of teachers consider there to be more than a quarter of children hungry in their classes:

Another important question asked if the number of hungry children is increasing or decreasing in the past two years. The survey showed that over half the teachers saw increasing numbers in their classes, but 42% didn't know if there was an increase or decrease:

The reasons suggested for why children might be hungry range from lack of parenting skills, general poverty and pressures of the cost of living. Here's the full breakdown:

Here's all the data including statistics on the type of teachers who have answered the survey. Let us know what you think in the comments.