Pupils: Disadvantaged

(asked on 8th March 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

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


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 13th March 2018

As set out in the Ofsted statistical first release (SFR) data[1] as at 31 August 2017 and also Pupils data[2], there were 5,682 eligible pupils for free school meals, who attended a primary school in Nottinghamshire of which, 79 per cent were in schools rated by Ofsted as Good; and eight per cent were in schools rated by Ofsted as Outstanding.

There were 500,386 eligible pupils for free school meals, who attended a primary school in England of which, 73 per cent were in schools rated by Ofsted as Good; and 15 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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