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Free School Meals: GCSE

Volume 508: debated on Monday 22 March 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals were entered for GCSEs in each subject in 2009. (318410)

The information is shown in the following table.

Number and percentage of pupils entered for GCSEs in each subject in 2009 by free school meal eligibility

Number of FSM pupils entered

Percentage of all FSM pupils at the end of Key Stage 4

Number of non-FSM pupils entered

Percentage of all non-FSM pupils at the end of Key Stage 4

Biological Science

3,525

4.7

67,757

13.4

Chemistry

2,985

4.0

64,334

12.8

Physics

2,954

4.0

64,231

12.7

Core Science

53,925

72.5

378,560

75.1

Additional Science

30,470

41.0

275,635

54.7

Additional Applied Science

6,965

9.4

39,902

7.9

Single Award Science

53,927

72.5

378,603

75.1

English

67,351

90.5

487,358

96.6

Maths

68,130

91.6

489,359

97.0

Statistics

6,112

8.2

63,908

12.7

Design and Technology and Electronics

1,028

1.4

10,583

2.1

Design and Technology and Food Technology

7,003

9.4

58,591

11.6

Design and Technology and Graphics

5,498

7.4

49,547

9.8

Design and Technology and Resistant Materials Technology

7,889

10.6

60,360

12.0

Design and Technology and Systems Control

436

0.6

5,325

1.1

Design and Technology and Textiles Technology

4,551

6.1

34,133

6.8

Office Technology

3,465

4.7

28,372

5.6

Information Technology

3,791

5.1

46,167

9.2

Business Studies

5,696

7.7

63,969

12.7

Home Economics

3,401

4.6

19,158

3.8

Geography

11,049

14.9

137,972

27.4

History

13,466

18.1

160,715

31.9

Music

2,951

4.0

39,641

7.9

Art and Design

17,714

23.8

135,362

26.8

Fine Art

4,019

5.4

36,876

7.3

English Literature

44,942

60.4

399,628

79.2

Drama

8,124

10.9

70,021

13.9

Media, Film and Television Studies

7,314

9.8

52,715

10.5

Physical Education

10,314

13.9

117,719

23.3

Religious Studies

16,202

21.8

137,223

27.2

French

10,273

13.8

130,311

25.8

German

3,098

4.2

58,014

11.5

Spanish

3,294

4.4

42,685

8.5

Italian

171

0.2

2,615

0.5

Arabic

676

0.9

751

0.1

Bengali

581

0.8

598

0.1

Chinese

109

0.1

1,168

0.2

Dutch

209

0.3

211

0.0

Gujarati

38

0.1

718

0.1

Japanese

48

0.1

797

0.2

Modern Greek

25

0.0

346

0.1

Modern Hebrew

12

0.0

230

0.0

Panjabi

111

0.1

760

0.2

Persian

144

0.2

253

0.1

Polish

61

0.1

2,021

0.4

Portuguese

254

0.3

938

0.2

Russian

62

0.1

871

0.2

Turkish

523

0.7

624

0.1

Urdu

1,248

1.7

2,747

0.5

Notes:

1. Figures are revised.

2. Figures relate to pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 in maintained schools.

Source:

National Pupil Database