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Academies: Free School Meals

Volume 470: debated on Tuesday 22 January 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families in which academies the proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals is (a) higher and (b) lower than the corresponding proportion in the local school catchment area; and if he will make a statement. (176723)

The annual School Census for January 2007 shows that of the 46 academies then open, 10—including four former city technology colleges (CTCs)—had a lower proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals than the proportion living in the local authority area:

St Paul's Academy, Greenwich;

Burlington Danes Academy, Hammersmith and Fulham;

Habedashers’ Aske's Hatcham Academy (former CTC);

Sandwell Academy, Sandwell;

Walsall Academy, Walsall;

Salford City Academy, Salford;

Dixons City Academy (former CTC), Bradford;

The Kings Academy, Middlesbrough;

Macmillan Academy (former CTC), Middlesbrough; and

Landau Forte College (former CTC), Derby.

The 36 academies with a higher proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals than the proportion living in the local authority area are

Mossbourne Community Academy, Hackney;

Petchey Academy, Hackney;

Lambeth Academy, Lambeth;

Haberdashers’ Aske’s Knights Academy, Lewisham;

City of London Academy, Southwark;

the Academy at Peckham, Southwark;

Harris Academy, Bermondsey, Southwark;

Harris Girls’ Academy, East Dulwich, Southwark;

Paddington Academy, Westminster;

Westminster Academy, Westminster;

London Academy, Barnet;

Business Academy, Bexley;

Capital City Academy, Brent;

West London Academy, Ealing;

Greig City Academy, Haringey;

Stockley Academy, Hillingdon;

Harefield Academy, Hiliingdon;

Harris Academy, Merton;

St Mark's Church of England Academy, Merton;

Walthamstow Academy; Waltham Forest;

Grace Academy, Solihull;

the Academy of St Francis of Assisi, Liverpool;

North Liverpool Academy, Liverpool;

Manchester Academy, Manchester;

Barnsley Academy, Barnsley;

Trinity Academy, Doncaster;

Sheffield Park Academy, Sheffield;

Sheffield Springs Academy, Sheffield;

David Young Community Academy, Leeds;

the City Academy Bristol, City of Bristol;

Unity City Academy, Middlesbrough;

John Madejski Academy, Reading;

Gateway Academy, Thurrock;

Marlowe Academy, Kent;

Djanogly City Academy, City of Nottingham; and

Northampton Academy, Northamptonshire.

Details of the number and proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals in each academy and their local authorities are given in the following table.

AcademiesLocal authority

Predecessor academy

Year open

Local authority

Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals

Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals

Number known to be eligible for free meals

Percentage known to be eligible for free meals

St. Pauls Academy

2005

Greenwich

179

25.6

4,050

28.1

Mossbourne Community Academy

2004

Hackney

249

40.6

2,460

37.3

Petchey Academy

2006

Hackney

86

47.8

2,460

37.3

Burlington Danes Academy

2006

Hammersmith and Fulham

166

20.6

1,520

25.3

Lambeth Academy

2004

Lambeth

229

43.0

3,060

37.4

Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College1

2005

Lewisham

181

17.5

2,860

25.7

Haberdashers’ Aske’s Knights Academy

2005

Lewisham

321

44.1

2,860

25.7

City of London Academy

2003

Southwark

273

36.5

2,660

31.9

The Academy at Peckham

2003

Southwark

530

50.8

2,660

31.9

Harris Academy, Bermondsey

2006

Southwark

532

60.6

2,660

31.9

Harris Girls’ Academy, East Dulwich

2006

Southwark

312

40.6

2,660

31.9

Paddington Academy

2006

Westminster

428

54.7

1990

29.7

Westminster Academy

2006

Westminster

304

40.7

1990

29.7

London Academy

2004

Barnet

432

43.0

2,920

15.0

The Business Academy, Bexley

2002

Bexley

543

39.2

1,500

8.1

Capital City Academy

2003

Brent

313

34.9

3,750

22.6

West London Academy

2003

Ealing

439

40.6

3,930

25.6

Greig City Academy

2002

Haringey

251

37.4

4,010

33.8

Stockley Academy

2004

Hillingdon

274

40.8

2,880

16.8

The Harefield Academy

2005

Hillingdon

88

17.4

2,880

16.8

Harris Academy, Merton

2006

Merton

195

30.0

880

12.2

St Marks Church of England Academy

2006

Merton

194

27.1

880

12.2

Walthamstow Academy

2006

Waltham Forest

214

31.7

3,270

24.7

Sandwell Academy

2006

Sandwell

26

14.4

4,020

20.3

Grace Academy

2006

Solihull

319

29.6

1,440

10.1

Walsall Academy

2003

Walsall

82

12.0

3,480

16.8

The Academy of St Francis of Assisi

2005

Liverpool

312

47.2

8,430

27.8

North Liverpool Academy

2006

Liverpool

406

41.1

8,430

27.8

Manchester Academy

2003

Manchester

399

51.2

8,930

38.6

Salford City Academy

2005

Salford

105

18.0

2,650

23.3

The Barnsley Academy

2006

Barnsley

159

37.5

2,150

16.2

Trinity Academy

2005

Doncaster

176

16.4

2,780

13.8

Sheffield Park Academy

2006

Sheffield

385

36.3

4,170

14.3

Sheffield Springs Academy

2006

Sheffield

342

34.9

4,170

14.3

Dixons City Academy1

2005

Bradford

59

7.2

8,070

23.7

David Young Community Academy

2006

Leeds

371

42.1

7,450

16.0

The City Academy, Bristol

2003

Bristol, City of

381

39.7

2,600

17.1

Unity City Academy

2002

Middlesbrough

466

45.0

1,750

31.8

The King’s Academy

2003

Middlesbrough

293

25.8

1,750

31.8

Macmillan Academy1

2005

Middlesbrough

293

25.8

1,750

31.8

Landau Forte College1

2006

Derby

88

11.2

2,450

15.6

John Madejski Academy

2006

Reading

150

30.4

630

11.4

The Gateway Academy

2006

Thurrock

296

36.2

860

10.7

The Marlowe Academy

2005

Kent

187

31.5

7,790

7.9

Djanogly City Academy, Nottingham

2003

Nottingham

446

32.7

3,750

27.9

Northampton Academy

2004

Northamptonshire

193

16.3

2,510

5.5

1 Former CTC.