Written question asked by Tim Loughton (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 25 February 2010. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

GCSE: Disadvantaged

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals did not achieve an A*- C grade at GCSE in both English and mathematics in 2003.

Answer

The information requested is provided in the following table:

	15-year-old pupils¹, ² known to be eligible for free school meals who did not achieve an A*- C at GCSE in both English and mathematics GCSEs in 2002-03	Fifteen year old pupils pupils¹, ² known to not be eligible for free school meals who did not achieve an A*- C at GCSE in both English and mathematics GCSEs in 2002-03
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
2002-03	67,195	82.8	266,217	53.9
¹ Aged 15 on 31 October 2002.
² Only pupils in maintained schools are included
Source:
National Pupil Database (2002-03 Final Data)

Secondary information