Grammar Schools: Free School Meals
(asked on 8th September 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of grammar school entrants were eligible for free school meals in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
The number and proportion of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals in selective state-funded secondary schools in England in each of these years is listed in the table below:
Year | Number of Pupils | Number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals | Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals |
2013-14 (data as at January 2014) | 162,629 | 4,204 | 2.6% |
2014-15 (data as at January 2015) | 164,149 | 4,163 | 2.5% |
2015-16 (data as at January 2016) | 166,517 | 4,237 | 2.5% |
Source: School Census
Includes sole and dual main registered pupils