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Free School Meals: Greater Manchester

Volume 470: debated on Monday 7 January 2008

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Graham Stringer

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils on free school meals achieved five grade A*-C GCSEs in (a) Manchester and (b) Greater Manchester in each of the last three years. (170759)

Jim Knight

Information for Greater Manchester is not available. The figures for Manchester are:

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

Number of eligible pupils

1,925

1,957

1,974

Percentage of pupils on free school meals achieving 5 A*-C GCSE grades

27.0

30.9

32.3

These figures can be found in the following Statistical First Releases (SFRs):

2003/04: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000564/index.shtml (Table 48)

2004/05: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000640/index.shtml (Table 91)

2005/06: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000693/index.shtml (Table 73)

Figures for the academic year 2006/07 have not yet been published and will be included in the SFR released in the week beginning 28 January 2008.