National Curriculum Tests: Disadvantaged Pupils

Michael Gove
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many pupils (a) on free school meals and (b) not on free school meals achieved (i) level 4 and (ii) level 5 in English at Key Stage 2 in the last year for which figures are available;

(2) how many pupils (a) on free school meals and (b) not on free school meals achieved (i) level 4 and (ii) level 5 in mathematics at Key Stage 2 in the last year for which figures are available;

(3) how many pupils (a) on free school meals and (b) not on free school meals achieved (i) level 4 and (ii) level 5 in science at Key Stage 2 in the last year for which figures are available.

Ms Diana R. Johnson
The requested information can be found in Tables 6, 7 and 8 of SFR32/2008, Attainment by Pupil Characteristics, in England 2007/08. This Statistical First Release (SFR) can be found at:

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000822/index.shtml