Assessments: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many and what proportion of pupils entitled to free school meals pupils did not obtain level 4 in a combination of reading, writing and mathematics key stage 2 tests in 2007; (182747)

(2) how many and what proportion of pupils who were not eligible for free school meals obtained level 4 in a combination of reading, writing and mathematics Key Stage 2 tests in 2007.

The available information is in the following table. Further information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

*Percentage achieving expected level (level 4) in KS2 English*
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006 (revised)	2007 (provisional)
FSM	53	54	58	60	61	62
Non FSM	79	79	81	82	83	83
Gap	26	25	23	22	22	21

*Percentage achieving expected level (level 4) in KS2 mathematics*
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006 (revised)	2007 (provisional)
FSM	54	53	55	56	58	60
Non FSM	70	76	78	78	79	80
Gap	16	23	23	22	21	20

*Percentage achieving expected level (level 4) in KS2 science*
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006 (revised)	2007 (provisional)
FSM	72	72	71	72	73	75
Non FSM	82	89	89	89	89	90
Gap	10	17	18	17	16	15

Volume 471: debated on Tuesday 29 January 2008