Schools: Standards

(asked on 12th January 2018) - View Source

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 Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 22nd January 2018

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 Ofstedā€™s latest data release at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/maintained-schools-and-academies-inspections-and-outcomes-as-at-31-august-2017.

For Pupils Data:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017.

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