Pupils: Disadvantaged and Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what percentage of pupils in (a) maintained secondary schools and (b) grammar schools were eligible for free school meals in the last year for which figures are available; (280239)

(2) what percentage of pupils in (a) maintained secondary schools and (b) grammar schools had special educational needs in the last year for which figures are available.

The requested information is shown in the following tables:

*State-funded secondary*¹ *and grammar schools: free school meal eligibility as at January 2009 (provisional) in England*
	Grammar schools	Secondary schools
Number of pupils²	158,610	3,256,120
Number of pupils eligible for FSM	3,210	434,860
Percentage of pupils eligible for FSM	2.0	13.4
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed, and CTCs and Academies. ² Includes solely registered pupils only. Note: Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census

*State-funded secondary*¹ *and grammar schools: special educational needs as at January 2009 (provisional) in England*
	Grammar schools	Secondary schools
Number of pupils²	158,610	3,256,120
Number of pupils with statements of SEN	350	64,950
Percentage of pupils with statements of SEN	0.2	2.0
Number of pupils with SEN without statements	6,250	620,450
Percentage of pupils with SEN without statements	3.9	19.1
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed, and CTCs and Academies. ² Includes solely registered pupils only. Note: Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census

Volume 495: debated on Tuesday 30 June 2009