PUPILS at a Bradford school will become young shopkeepers at a stall selling low cost food to parents as part of a year long project.

St Matthew’s CE Primary School in Little Horton will be taking part in the Fuel for School project, which will involve the pupils running a “pay as you feel” market stall, the first one of which will be held on Wednesday.

Year 5 pupils will will sort out the food, help families with their shopping and share information about food waste, and funds raised will be used to buy playtime equipment.

The food will be provided to the school by local supermarkets and is sold at low cost because it has reached its sell-by date and would otherwise be thrown away.

Kay Remmer, Acting Headteacher, said: “Our Year 5 children are really excited about the Fuel for School project. Like other schools involved in the project, we expect one of the outcomes will be a real impact on education. In other schools Fuel for School has shown it can deliver improvement in things like maths and reading, behaviour and attitudes to others.

“Fuel for School will help us reduce the amount of resources thrown away unnecessarily, engage more with families and to help the local community by providing food at low cost. At the market stall, families offer an amount of money which they feel is appropriate for the item.”

The first market stall opens at the school at 3pm.