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Free School Meals: A-Levels

Answer

The information requested is given in the following table. Please note that this information covers pupils in school sixth forms only, pupils entered for A-level examinations in sixth form or further education colleges are excluded from the figures.

	Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals entered in examination	Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals entered in examination
Biology	794	14.1
Biology: Human	23	0.4
Chemistry	652	11.6
Physics	286	5.1
Science: Single award	0	0.0
Science: Electronics	¹—	¹—
Science: Environmental	3	0.1
Science: Geology	6	0.1
Mathematics	836	14.8
Mathematics (Pure)	0	0.0
Mathematics (Statistics)	6	0.1
Mathematics (Further)	64	1.1
Additional Mathematics	0	0.0
Computer Studies/Computing	38	0.7
Information Technology	171	3.0
Business Studies	340	6.0
Business Studies and
Economics	29	0.5
Home Economics	¹—	¹—
Art and Design	198	3.5
Art and Design (Graphics)	36	0.6
Art and Design (Photography)	102	1.8
Art and Design (Textiles)	62	1.1
Art and Design (3-D studies)	7	0.1
Art and Design (Critical Studies)	¹—	¹—
Fine Art	226	4.0
History of Art	0	0.0
Geography	223	4.0
World Development	3	0.1
History	573	10.2
Economics	188	3.3
Religious Studies	480	8.5
Archaeology	0	0.0
Law	216	3.8
Logic/Philosophy	28	0.5
Government and Politics	178	3.2
Psychology	901	16.0
Sociology	750	13.3
English	205	3.6
English Language	250	4.4
English Literature	863	15.3
Drama and Theatre	280	5.0
Communication Studies	21	0.4
Performing Studies	27	0.5
Media/Film/Television Studies	542	9.6
Film Studies	80	1.4
Dutch	14	0.2
French	124	2.2
German	47	0.8
Italian	5	0.1
Modern Greek	¹—	¹—
Portuguese	4	0.1
Spanish	50	0.9
Arabic	30	0.5
Bengali	4	0.1
Chinese	7	0.1
Gujarati	¹—	¹—
Japanese	0	0.0
Modern Hebrew	¹—	¹—
Punjabi	5	0.1
Polish	¹—	¹—
Russian	4	0.1
Turkish	20	0.4
Urdu	46	0.8
Persian	10	0.2
Ancient History	3	0.1
Classical Civilisation	29	0.5
Greek	0	0.0
Latin	¹—	¹—
Other Classical Languages	0	0.0
Music	45	0.8
Music Technology	32	0.6
Sport/Physical Education Studies	167	3.0
Dance	34	0.6
Accounting/Finance	29	0.5
General Studies	530	9.4
Critical Thinking	21	0.4
Design/Tech and Food	27	0.5
Design/Tech and Systems	4	0.1
Design/Tech and Production	221	3.9
¹ Figures have been suppressed to preserve anonymity.
Note:
Includes maintained schools only including CTCs and academies.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

508 c1567-9W; 318406

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Disadvantaged GCE A-level

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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