Mrs. Maria Miller:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2008, Official Report, column 640W, on primary education: standards, how many and what proportion of children who received free school meals achieved the national standard in each Key Stage 1 examination in each year since 1995. [217566]
Kevin Brennan [holding answer 10 July 2008]: The following tables show how many and what proportion of children who receive free school meals achieved the national standard in the reading, writing, mathematics and science Key Stage 1 examinations in each year since 2002. These figures can only be provided from 2002 as this was the first year pupil level characteristics information was collected.
Achievements at Key Stage 1 in reading, by free school meal eligibility and gender, years: 2002-07( 1) —coverage: England
Number of pupils
Level 2 and above
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2006-07( 2)
Boys
FSM
54,507
52,395
55,486
51,714
48,989
48,364
63
63
64
64
63
63
0.0
Non-FSM
241,474
239,104
240,697
235,426
236,738
229,350
84
84
85
85
84
83
-1.0
Unclassified
1,349
1,127
1,348
1,260
1,360
1,253
50
45
49
45
44
42
-2.0
All pupils
297,330
292,626
297,531
288,400
287,087
278,967
80
80
81
81
80
80
0.0
Girls
FSM
51,645
50,398
53,240
49,558
47,025
45,857
74
75
76
76
76
75
-1.0
Non-FSM
229,715
226,544
229,181
223,051
224,461
218,827
91
91
92
92
91
91
0.0
Unclassified
1,292
1,131
1,192
1,196
1,205
1,213
56
56
55
54
51
49
-2.0
All pupils
282,652
278,073
283,613
273,805
272,691
265,897
88
88
89
89
89
88
-1.0
Total
FSM
106,152
102,793
108,726
101,272
96,014
94,221
69
69
70
70
69
69
0.0
Non-FSM
471,189
465,648
469,878
458,477
461,199
448,177
88
88
88
89
88
87
-1.0
Unclassified
2,641
2,258
2,540
2,456
2,565
2,466
53
51
52
49
47
45
-2.0
All pupils
579,982
570,699
581,144
562,205
559,778
544,864
84
84
85
85
84
84
0.0
Non-FSM/FSM gap
Boys
—
—
—
—
—
—
21.0
21.0
20.6
21.0
21.0
20.0
-1.0
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Girls
—
—
—
—
—
—
17.0
16.0
15.8
16.0
15.0
16.0
1.0
Total
—
—
—
—
—
—
19.0
19.0
18.3
19.0
19.0
18.0
-1.0
(1) Figures from 2002 are final, figures from 2003 and 2007 are provisional and figures from 2004, 2005 and 2006 are revised. (2) Difference.
Achievements at Key Stage 1 in writing, by free school meal eligibility and gender, years: 2002-07( 1) —coverage: England
Number of pupils
Level 2 and above
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2006-07( 2)
Boys
FSM
54,507
52,395
55,488
51,721
48,989
48,363
65
57
58
59
57
56
-1.0
Non-FSM
241,474
239,109
240,697
235,428
236,738
229,353
86
80
80
81
80
79
-1.0
Unclassified
1,349
1,127
1,348
1,261
1,360
1,253
50
39
43
41
38
36
-2.0
All pupils
297,330
292,631
297,533
288,410
287,087
278,969
82
76
76
77
76
75
-1.0
Girls
FSM
51,646
50,399
53,240
49,560
47,025
45,858
78
72
74
74
73
71
-2.0
Non-FSM
229,717
226,548
229,182
223,043
224,461
218,829
93
90
91
91
90
89
-1.0
Unclassified
1,292
1,131
1,192
1,196
1,205
1,213
57
54
53
50
47
47
0.0
All pupils
282,655
278,078
283,614
273,799
272,691
265,900
90
86
87
88
87
86
-1.0
Total
FSM
106,153
102,794
108,728
101,281
96,014
94,221
72
64
66
66
65
63
-2.0
Non-FSM
471,191
465,657
469,879
458,471
461,199
448,182
89
85
85
86
85
84
-1.0
Unclassified
2,641
2,258
2,540
2,457
2,565
2,466
53
46
48
45
42
42
0.0
All pupils
579,985
570,709
581,147
562,209
559,778
544,869
86
81
82
82
81
80
-1.0
Non-FSM/FSM gap
Boys
—
—
—
—
—
—
21.0
23.0
22.5
22.0
23.0
23.0
0.0
Girls
—
—
—
—
—
—
15.0
18.0
16.9
17.0
17.0
18.0
1.0
Total
—
—
—
—
—
—
17.0
21.0
19.7
20.0
20.0
21.0
1.0
(1) Figures from 2002 are final, figures from 2003 and 2007 are provisional and figures from 2004, 2005 and 2006 are revised. (2) Difference.
