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Written question asked by Lord Gove (Conservative) on Friday, 19 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 23 February 2010. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 April 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Free School Meals: A-Levels

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at (a) comprehensive and (b) all mainstream maintained schools achieved three A-levels at A grade in the last year for which figures are available.
Answer

The information available is provided in the following table:

Number and proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals at (a) comprehensive¹ and (b) all maintained mainstream schools¹ achieving three or more A grades at GCE/Applied A level or Double Award in 2008/09
Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals achieving three or more A grades at GCE/Applied A level or Double Award Proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals achieving three or more A grades at GCE/Applied A level or Double Award
Comprehensive schools 179 3.5
All maintained mainstream schools 232 4.1
¹ Includes city technology colleges and academies.
Source:
National Pupil database (2008/09 Revised Data)

The figures relate to 16 to 18-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August 2002) in maintained schools only who were eligible for free school meals. The figures do not include the achievement of students in Further Education Sector Colleges previously eligible for free school meals.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c1451-2W; 318470
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Disadvantaged GCE A-level
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk