Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils in Ashfield constituency who achieved a grade A* to C in GCSE (a) English and (b) maths, (i) were and (ii) were not in receipt of free school meals in each of the last three years.

The number of pupils, at the end of key stage 4¹, who were in receipt of free school meals², achieving A*-C in English and maths³ in Ashfield constituency can be found in the attached table.

The number of pupils, at the end of key stage 4¹, who were not in receipt of free school meals², achieving A*-C in English and maths³ in Ashfield constituency can be found in the attached table.

1. Pupils are identified as being at the end of key stage 4 if they were on roll at the school and in year 11 at the time of the January school census for that year. Age is calculated as at 31 August for that year, and the majority of pupils at the end of key stage 4 were age 15 at the start of the academic year. Some pupils may complete this key stage in an earlier or later year group.
2. Free school meal eligibility is taken from the census record for that academic year. Some pupils will have no free school meal eligibility information and have been excluded from this measure.
3. In line with secondary performance measures and early entry policy, discounting has been applied. More information can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores.