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.

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.