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In addition to the schools included in the aforementioned table, 19 schools have published proposals to change category to foundation and acquire a foundation—the Department is awaiting confirmation that these particular foundations have been established.
Acquiring a trust or foundation is a way for a range of schools in different circumstances to raise standards, from those that are currently under-performing to those that are leading the way in the education sector as a whole. Trusts are a way for schools to strengthen collaboration and spread best practice among other schools, drawing on the expertise and energy of their partners to support their strategic leadership.
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385 schools are on the Trust and Foundation Schools Support programme where they have access to advice and guidance on the processes associated with acquiring a trust and/or foundation.
Free School Meals
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the proportion of pupils entitled to free school meals who do not take up their entitlement; and if he will make a statement. [201177]
Jim Knight:
The requested information is not available.
We do not collect information on the number of pupils who may be eligible for free school meals but do not register as eligible.
GCE A-level
Michael Gove:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of eligible pupils were entered for an A-level examination in 2007, broken down by (a) local authority area and (b) multiple deprivation decile. [201684]
Jim Knight:
Information on pupils entered into GCE/VCE/applied A-levels and double awards broken down by multiple deprivation decile can be found in the “DCSF: GCE/VCE A/AS and Equivalent Examination Results in England, 2006/07 (Revised)” statistical first release (SFR), found at the following link:
Information broken down by local authority is given as follows. The proportion of eligible pupils can not be provided as DCSF does not hold information on the number of eligible pupils at A-level.
| Number of pupils entered for a GCE/VCE A-level in 2006/07 |
| | | Number |
|
201
|
City of London
|
186
|
|
202
|
Camden
|
1,164
|
|
203
|
Greenwich
|
821
|
|
204
|
Hackney
|
324
|
|
205
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
1,071
|
|
206
|
Islington
|
589
|
|
207
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
1,112
|
|
208
|
Lambeth
|
340
|
|
209
|
Lewisham
|
1,162
|
|
210
|
Southwark
|
849
|
|
211
|
Tower Hamlets
|
592
|
|
212
|
Wandsworth
|
1,251
|
|
213
|
Westminster
|
1,438
|
|
301
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
503
|
|
302
|
Barnet
|
2,823
|
|
303
|
Bexley
|
1,116
|
|
304
|
Brent
|
1,127
|
|
305
|
Bromley
|
2,298
|
|
306
|
Croydon
|
1,800
|
|
307
|
Ealing
|
1,101
|
|
308
|
Enfield
|
1,473
|
|
309
|
Haringey
|
724
|
|
310
|
Harrow
|
1,470
|
|
311
|
Havering
|
1,352
|
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|
312
|
Hillingdon
|
1,437
|
|
313
|
Hounslow
|
1,281
|
|
314
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
1,376
|
|
315
|
Merton
|
455
|
|
316
|
Newham
|
744
|
|
317
|
Redbridge
|
2,055
|
|
318
|
Richmond upon Thames
|
1,515
|
|
319
|
Sutton
|
1,628
|
|
320
|
Waltham Forest
|
1,350
|
|
330
|
Birmingham
|
4,556
|
|
331
|
Coventry
|
1,380
|
|
332
|
Dudley
|
1,696
|
|
333
|
Sandwell
|
384
|
|
334
|
Solihull
|
1,454
|
|
335
|
Walsall
|
1,014
|
|
336
|
Wolverhampton
|
1,159
|
|
340
|
Knowsley
|
228
|
|
341
|
Liverpool
|
1,806
|
|
342
|
St. Helens
|
917
|
|
343
|
Sefton
|
1,754
|
|
344
|
Wirral
|
1,945
|
|
350
|
Bolton
|
1,199
|
|
351
|
Bury
|
1,392
|
|
352
|
Manchester
|
2,376
|
|
353
|
Oldham
|
1,305
|
|
354
|
Rochdale
|
325
|
|
355
|
Salford
|
637
|
|
356
|
Stockport
|
1,736
|
|
357
|
Tameside
|
729
|
|
358
|
Trafford
|
996
|
|
359
|
Wigan
|
1,487
|
|
370
|
Barnsley
|
422
|
|
371
|
Doncaster
|
1,044
|
|
372
|
Rotherham
|
1,246
|
|
373
|
Sheffield
|
1,985
|
|
380
|
Bradford
|
1,924
|
|
381
|
Calderdale
|
867
|
|
382
|
Kirklees
|
1,935
|
|
383
|
Leeds
|
3,156
|
|
384
|
Wakefield
|
1,387
|
|
390
|
Gateshead
|
640
|
|
391
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
1,436
|
|
392
|
North Tyneside
|
811
|
|
393
|
South Tyneside
|
363
|
|
394
|
Sunderland
|
777
|
|
800
|
Bath and North East Somerset
|
1,182
|
|
801
|
City of Bristol
|
2,026
|
|
802
|
North Somerset
|
756
|
|
803
|
South Gloucestershire
|
1,094
|
|
805
|
Hartlepool
|
334
|
|
806
|
Middlesbrough
|
555
|
|
807
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
590
|
|
808
|
Stockton on Tees
|
840
|
|
810
|
City of Kingston-upon-Hull
|
1,001
|
|
811
|
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
1,324
|
|
812
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
688
|
|
813
|
North Lincolnshire
|
858
|
|
815
|
North Yorkshire
|
3,632
|
|
816
|
York
|
1,056
|
|
820
|
Bedfordshire
|
2,380
|
|
821
|
Luton
|
726
|
|
825
|
Buckinghamshire
|
3,411
|
|
826
|
Milton Keynes
|
958
|
|
830
|
Derbyshire
|
2,845
|
|
831
|
City of Derby
|
946
|
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|
835
|
Dorset
|
2,192
|
|
836
|
Poole
|
977
|
|
837
|
Bournemouth
|
519
|
|
840
|
Durham
|
1,579
|
|
841
|
Darlington
|
803
|
|
845
|
East Sussex
|
2,488
|
|
846
|
Brighton and Hove
|
1,878
|
|
850
|
Hampshire
|
8,774
|
|
851
|
Portsmouth
|
387
|
|
852
|
Southampton
|
771
|
|
855
|
Leicestershire
|
3,586
|
|
856
|
Leicester City
|
1,630
|
|
857
|
Rutland
|
296
|
|
860
|
Staffordshire
|
3,591
|
|
861
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
814
|
|
865
|
Wiltshire
|
2,243
|
|
866
|
Swindon
|
745
|
|
867
|
Bracknell Forest
|
631
|
|
868
|
Windsor and Maidenhead
|
1,093
|
|
869
|
West Berkshire
|
1,277
|
|
870
|
Reading
|
606
|
|
871
|
Slough
|
644
|
|
872
|
Wokingham
|
943
|
|
873
|
Cambridgeshire
|
3,503
|
|
874
|
Peterborough
|
812
|
|
875
|
Cheshire
|
3,892
|
|
876
|
Halton
|
431
|
|
877
|
Warrington
|
885
|
|
878
|
Devon
|
3,424
|
|
879
|
Plymouth
|
1,101
|
|
880
|
Torbay
|
693
|
|
881
|
Essex
|
6,282
|
|
882
|
Southend
|
885
|
|
883
|
Thurrock
|
550
|
|
884
|
Herefordshire
|
928
|
|
885
|
Worcestershire
|
3,147
|
|
886
|
Kent
|
7,608
|
|
887
|
Medway
|
1,289
|
|
888
|
Lancashire
|
4,292
|
|
889
|
Blackburn
|
844
|
|
890
|
Blackpool
|
728
|
|
891
|
Nottinghamshire
|
2,939
|
|
892
|
Nottingham City
|
1,611
|
|
893
|
Shropshire
|
1,802
|
|
894
|
Telford and Wrekin
|
811
|
|
908
|
Cornwall
|
2,143
|
|
909
|
Cumbria
|
2,497
|
|
916
|
Gloucestershire
|
3,857
|
|
919
|
Hertfordshire
|
7,721
|
|
921
|
Isle of Wight
|
511
|
|
925
|
Lincolnshire
|
3,243
|
|
926
|
Norfolk
|
3,397
|
|
928
|
Northamptonshire
|
3,353
|
|
929
|
Northumberland
|
1,323
|
|
931
|
Oxfordshire
|
4,184
|
|
933
|
Somerset
|
3,162
|
|
935
|
Suffolk
|
3,267
|
|
936
|
Surrey
|
7,968
|
|
937
|
Warwickshire
|
3,029
|
|
938
|
West Sussex
|
3,886
|
| |
Total
|
254,662
|
Note:
Figures relate to 16 to 18-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August 2006) in all schools and colleges.
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