Food Is Medicine efforts also often include nutrition-focused counseling and educational elements, especially the programs that focus on grocery provision.

Conservative shadow education secretary Laura Trott called the move "educational vandalism" arguing that academies would lose freedoms that can help to recruit teachers and improve pupil outcomes in challenging areas.

Schools say that means they will struggle to fund the government's proposed pay rise for teachers, as well as the support needed for children with special educational needs.

The Villa was later closed for renovations and reopened in 2006 after a $275-million project transformed the site into an educational center and museum dedicated to ancient art.

"They thought I had such a good job before, and my educational background is quite competitive. They didn't understand why I chose a low-barrier job that requires me to do physical work for little money."