Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the most recent average point score per entry was for students of (a) A-levels and (b) equivalent qualifications in (i) Barnsley East constituency, (ii) Barnsley and (iii) England who were (A) eligible and (B) not eligible for free school meals when they were 15 years of age.

The revised 16-18 schools and colleges performance measures in 2016/17, for England, split by eligibility for free school meals (FSM) at the end of Key Stage 4,[1] were published in the Department’s statistical first release on 15 March 2018.[2] Constituency level information is not published for 16-18 performance measures.

The average point score (APS) per entry for A level students in (a) Barnsley and (b) England who were (i) eligible and (ii) not eligible for FSM at the end of Key Stage 4 for 2016/17 is available in the attached table.

[1] Student characteristics, such as ethnicity and FSM eligibility are not routinely or consistently collected at 16-18. Characteristics information as recorded for students at the end of Key Stage 4 are used in this analysis.

[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2016-to-2017-revised.