[holding answer 11 January 2010]: Pupil level attainment data by free school meal eligibility and ethnicity is only available from 2003 onwards. The information requested is presented in the following table and is for maintained schools only.
Boys Girls Boys Girls 2003 English 19,586 16,046 76.8 61.7 Mathematics 21,837 21,423 81.8 81.5 History 3,631 3,656 71.5 67.9 French 7,391 8,011 86.5 75.5 Physics 119 131 32.6 43.1 20092 English 15,398 13,245 69.8 57.4 Mathematics 14,748 15,766 65.2 68.4 History 2,791 2,557 64.5 58.7 French 1,450 2,019 63.6 57.7 Physics 164 145 17.5 19.0 1 Figures for 2003 are based on pupils aged 15 and 2009 figures are based on pupils at the end of Key Stage 4. 2 Figures for 2009 are provisional. Source: National Pupil Database