Secondary Education: Standards

(asked on 5th March 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of secondary school pupils who are eligible for free school meals in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) England attend a school rated as (i) good and (ii) outstanding by Ofsted.


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 8th March 2018

As set out in the Ofsted statistical first release (SFR) data[1] as at 31 August 2017 and Pupils data[2], there were 3,995 eligible pupils for free school meals, who attended a Secondary school in Nottinghamshire of which, 71 per cent were in schools rated by Ofsted as Good; and 18 per cent were in schools rated by Ofsted as Outstanding.

There were 302,372 eligible pupils for free school meals who attended a secondary school in England of which: 55 per cent were in schools rated by Ofsted as Good; and 20 per cent were in schools rated by Ofsted as Outstanding.

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

[2] Pupils Data- https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017.

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