A teacher was left heartbroken when her pupils showed up at school shivering without winter coats.
The primary school teacher, who wishes to remain anonymous, said some of her students also came to school with holes in their shoes.
One of them had to wear a blazer bought for a family occasion because he had 'nothing else to keep him warm'.
She also revealed she has given secret snacks to other pupils because they are so hungry and aren't being fed properly at home.
The teacher, who works at a large primary school in northern Lincolnshire, told Grimsby Live : "I have schoolchildren who arrive shivering cold with soaking wet feet because they do not have coats and they have holes in their shoes."
The teacher admitted to crying in her classroom on occasion after hearing about her school children's home lives.
"The truth is some parents cannot afford to buy their children new school shoes or even buy them a good, long-lasting winter coat," she added.
"It is so upsetting that in this day and age people have to go through this hardship. We do all we can as a school but it is only solving the problem at a superficial level.
"One child in my classroom has been arriving to school in a jacket which was bought for a family occasion, while another has been showing up in old, worn out school shoes."
The primary school, like many others in Grimsby , Cleethorpes and Scunthorpe , provides pupils with plimsolls when they arrive to school with wet socks or feet.
She said: "You have parents who cannot afford to buy their children clothes and you have parents who do not want to buy their children new clothes.
"One parent hadn't washed their children's uniform for over a month because their washing machine had broken and they couldn't keep up with all of the handwashing."
The teacher also admitted to bringing in small snacks - like apples, bananas and cereal bars - in an attempt to help her hungry pupils.
She said: "It was heartbreaking to hear that one of my children went without tea and breakfast because their mum and dad hadn't done a food shop.
"It is not all children who are going without, of course. But, in my opinion and I'm sure most would agree, just one child going hungry is one too many," she added.
