Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what percentage of young people eligible for free school meals at 15 in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England entered higher education by the age of 19 in each of the last three years for which data is available.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The department publishes information on the percentage of 15 year old pupils from state-funded and special schools by free school meal status who entered higher education (HE) by age 19 by local authority and region.
Figures for Nottinghamshire and England can be found in Table 2a of the following file:
We do not publish information for progression to Russell Group universities on this basis. However, figures for the percentage of 15 year old pupils from state-funded and special schools by free school meal status who entered the most selective HE institutions by age 19 by local authority and region were published as part of the Social Mobility Index. The most selective institutions are defined as the top third of providers, ranked by the average Universities and Colleges Admissions Service tariff score.
Figures for Nottinghamshire and England for the latest three years are available in the Selective HE sheet of the following file: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/662507/SMI_2017_Final_v1.1.xlsx.
Data is not available at parliamentary constituency level.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what percentage of young people eligible for free school meals at 15 from (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England entered higher education at a Russell Group university in each of the last three years for which data is available.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The department publishes information on the percentage of 15 year old pupils from state-funded and special schools by free school meal status who entered higher education (HE) by age 19 by local authority and region.
Figures for Nottinghamshire and England can be found in Table 2a of the following file:
We do not publish information for progression to Russell Group universities on this basis. However, figures for the percentage of 15 year old pupils from state-funded and special schools by free school meal status who entered the most selective HE institutions by age 19 by local authority and region were published as part of the Social Mobility Index. The most selective institutions are defined as the top third of providers, ranked by the average Universities and Colleges Admissions Service tariff score.
Figures for Nottinghamshire and England for the latest three years are available in the Selective HE sheet of the following file: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/662507/SMI_2017_Final_v1.1.xlsx.
Data is not available at parliamentary constituency level.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) primary school and (b) secondary school children who are eligible for free school meals in (i) Nottinghamshire and (ii) England attend a school rated good and outstanding by Ofsted.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Ofsted inspection data shows that in Nottinghamshire there were 5,682 pupils eligible for free school meals in primary schools. Of these pupils, 87% were in outstanding and good schools as at 31 August 2017. In England there were 500,386 pupils eligible for free school meals in primary schools of which 87% were in outstanding and good schools as at 31 August 2017.
Ofsted inspection data also shows that in Nottinghamshire there were 3,995 pupils eligible for free school meals in secondary schools. Of these 89% were in outstanding and good schools as at 31 August 2017. In England there were 302,372 pupils eligible for free school meals in primary schools of which 75% were in outstanding and good schools as at 31 August 2017.
See Ofsted’s latest data release at:
For Pupils Data:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of children in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) England who are (i) eligible and (ii) not eligible for free school meals have achieved school readiness standards at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage in each year since 2015.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
The data requested is published in table 6 of the additional tables by pupil characteristics within the ‘Early years foundation stage profile results: 2016 to 2017’ statistical first release available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2016-to-2017.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary age children in (i) Nottinghamshire and (ii) England that attend a school rated (A) outstanding and (B) good by Ofsted.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Ofsted inspection data shows that in Nottinghamshire, 15% of pupils were in outstanding primary schools and 76% in good primary schools as at August 31, 2017. In England, 20% of pupils were in outstanding primary schools and 70% in good primary schools as at August 31, 2017.
Ofsted inspection data also shows that in Nottinghamshire, 30% of pupils were in outstanding secondary schools and 60% in good secondary schools as at August 31, 2017. In England, 28% of pupils were in outstanding secondary schools and 55% in good secondary schools as at August 31, 2017.
Ofsted’s latest statistics are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/maintained-schools-and-academies-inspections-and-outcomes-as-at-31-august-2017.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in (a) Ashfield, (b) Rushcliffe and (c) Mansfield who are (i) eligible and (ii) not eligible for free school meals reached the expected standard in (A) reading, (B) writing, (C) maths and (D) all of those subjects at the end of Key Stage 2 in 2017.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The number and proportion of pupils achieving the expected standard in a) reading, b) writing, c) maths and d) all three combined, split by free school meal eligibility, in 2017 for the requested constituencies can be found in the attached table.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average Attainment 8 score is per pupil who is (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals in (i) Ashfield, (ii) Mansfield, (iii) Rushcliffe and (iv) England in 2016 and 2017.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Key stage 4 pupil attainment (including Attainment 8) in 2016/17, for England, split by eligibility for free school meals, will be published in the department’s statistical first release on 25 January 2018[1]. Parliamentary constituency data for all pupils will also be published on 25 January and breakdowns by pupil characteristics (such as eligibility for free school meals) will be available from that date.
The Average Attainment 8 score of pupils, at the end of key stage 4, split by eligibility for free school meals (FSM) in each requested constituency for 2015/16 is available in the attached table.
The 2015/16 figures for England are published in the ‘Characteristics national tables’ as part of the department’s statistical first release.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4 - Select the ‘Revised GCSE and equivalent results in England: 2016 to 2017’ link at the top of the page when it is added on 25 January and downloading the ‘characteristics national tables’ file.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in Ashfield constituency who were eligible for free school meals attended a primary school rated (a) good and (b) outstanding by Ofsted in each of the last three years.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
Ofsted inspection data shows the number and proportion of children in Ashfield constituency who were eligible for free school meals (FSM), that attended a primary school rated ‘Good’ in each of the last three years are as follows:
· As at August 31, 2015 there were 1,327 eligible for FSM of which 80% were in good schools.
· As at August 31, 2016 there were 1,302 eligible for FSM of which 78% were in good schools.
· As at August 31, 2017 there were 1,121 eligible for FSM of which 81% were in good schools.
Ofsted inspection data shows the number and proportion of children in Ashfield constituency who were eligible for FSM, that attended a primary school rated ‘Outstanding’ in each of the last three years are as follows:
· As at August 31, 2015 there were 1,327 eligible for FSM of which 5% were in outstanding schools.
· As at August 31, 2016 there were 1,302 eligible for FSM of which 5% were in outstanding schools.
· As at August 31, 2017 there were 1,121 eligible for FSM of which 6% were in outstanding schools.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in Ashfield constituency who were eligible for free school meals attended a secondary school rated (a) good and (b) outstanding by Ofsted in each of the last three years.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
Ofsted inspection data shows the number and proportion of children in Ashfield constituency who were eligible for free school meals (FSM), that attended a secondary school rated ‘Good’ in each of the last three years are as follows:
Ofsted inspection data shows there were no children in Ashfield constituency who were eligible for free school meals, that attended a secondary school rated ‘Outstanding’ in each of the last three years.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in (a) Ashfield, (b) Mansfield and (c) Nottinghamshire who are eligible for free school meals reached the expected standard in (i) reading, (ii) writing and (iii) maths at the end of Key Stage 2 in each of the last three years.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The number of pupils, at the end of Key Stage 2, who were eligible for free school meals1, reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics in Ashfield and Mansfield can be found in the attached table.
The 2015/16 Key Stage 2 assessments were the first to assess the new, more challenging National Curriculum, introduced in 2014. Due to the changes to the curriculum, figures from 2015/16 are not comparable to those for earlier years.
The number and percentage of pupils in Nottinghamshire reaching the expected standard is published in the departments statistical first release, found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-key-stage-2 (select the ‘revised’ publication for each year and then download the local authority tables). The figures for 2017 will be published on 14 December.