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Free School Meals: A-Levels

Volume 508: debated on Wednesday 7 April 2010

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Michael Gove

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at (a) comprehensive and (b) all mainstream maintained schools achieved three A-levels at A grade in the last year for which figures are available. (318470)

Mr. Coaker

The information available is provided in the following table:

Number and proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals at (a) comprehensive1 and (b) all maintained mainstream schools1 achieving three or more A grades at GCE/Applied A level or Double Award in 2008/09

Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals achieving three or more A grades at GCE/Applied A level or Double Award

Proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals achieving three or more A grades at GCE/Applied A level or Double Award

Comprehensive schools

179

3.5

All maintained mainstream schools

232

4.1

1 Includes city technology colleges and academies.

Source:

National Pupil database (2008/09 Revised Data)

The figures relate to 16 to 18-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August 2002) in maintained schools only who were eligible for free school meals. The figures do not include the achievement of students in Further Education Sector Colleges previously eligible for free school meals.