
A poll of more than 600 teachers also revealed that four in 10 respondents think poverty has increased among pupils since the recession began three years ago.
The survey showed that 80 per cent of staff said students living in poverty come to school tired, another 73 per cent said children arrive hungry and 71 per cent said children living in poverty lack confidence.
Craig Macartney, a secondary school teacher from Suffolk, said: "More children from middle- to lower-income families are not going on school trips and these families find it difficult to meet the basic cost of living.
"A family with two or three teenage children who has one earner who loses hours, or their job, will struggle to reach the minimum income to pay for basics. This will get worse as the impact of the cuts affects families. The number of young people with mental health problems has been on the increase in the past three years."
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