Table 3 shows the average number of vacant places per setting, by type of provision and level of deprivation. Data for previous years and data for the 10 per cent. most deprived and 10 per cent. least deprived areas are not available.
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Full day care
Full day care in children's centres
Nursery schools
30% most deprived areas
70% least deprived areas
30% most deprived areas
70% least deprived areas
30% most deprived areas
70% least deprived areas
2006
8
7
12
11
3
7
2007
10
8
11
9
3
3
Table 3: Average number of vacant places per setting, by level of deprivation
Note:
Full day care in children's centres are a sub-group of all full day care providers and are also included in the all full day care figures.
Pupil Exclusions
John Bercow:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children were permanently excluded from schools in England in (a) 2007 and (b) 2007-08. [247260]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry:
8,680 children were permanently excluded from schools in England in 2006-07. This figure has been taken from the statistical first release “Permanent and Fixed Period Exclusions from Schools in England 2006/07—Amended” and covers all maintained schools in England. This publication can be found at the following link:
Figures are not yet available for 2007-08 and are due to be published in June 2009.
Pupils: Disadvantaged
Mr. Graham Stuart:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils on free school meals have been taught in schools with (a) 1,500 or more and (b) 2,000 or more pupils in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority. [247310]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry:
The information, in the format requested, could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, we have provided a table to show how many pupils on free school meals have been taught in schools with (a) 1,500 or more and (b) 2,000 or more pupils in each of the last 10 years in England and a table to show how many pupils on free school meals have been taught in schools with (a) 1,500 or more and (b) 2,000 or more pupils for 2008 broken down by local authority.
State-funded secondary schools( 1) : free school meal arrangements by size of school( 2) , position as at January each year 1997 to 2008, England
State-funded secondary schools
Total number of schools
Number of schools with 1,500 to 1,999 pupils
Number of pupils taking free school meals in schools with 1,500 to 1,999 pupils
Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals in schools with 1,500 to 1,999 pupils
Number of schools with 2,000 and over pupils
Number of pupils taking free school meals in schools with 2,000 and over pupils
Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals in schools with 2,000 and over pupils
1997
3,584
132
17,520
26,840
6
990
1,400
1998
3,582
146
19,100
28,820
6
950
1,340
1999
3,575
169
21,210
32,040
6
890
1,300
2000
3,565
188
24,280
35,960
7
960
1,470
2001
3,496
215
29,180
44,470
8
770
1,250
2002
3,471
227
30,150
42,550
13
1,500
2,250
2003
3,454
257
33,750
47,610
14
1,940
2,810
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2004
3,435
251
31,550
43,870
21
2,210
3,410
2005
3,416
262
30,100
45,030
20
2,520
3,320
2006
3,405
260
29,640
42,970
21
2,650
3,560
2007
3,399
267
29,110
42,010
22
2,730
3,820
2008
3,383
263
29,770
42,120
25
3,030
4,350
(1) Includes middle schools as deemed, city technology colleges and academies. (2) Includes dually registered pupils and boarding pupils. Note:
Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source:
School Census
State-funded secondary schools( 1) : free school meal arrangements by size of school( 2) , position as at January 2008, local authority area
State-funded secondary schools
Total number of schools
Number of schools with 1,500 to 1,999 pupils
Number of pupils taking free school meals in schools with 1,500 to 1,999 pupils
Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals in schools with 1,500 to 1,999 pupils
Number of schools with 2,000 and over pupils
Number of pupils taking free school meals in schools with 2,000 and over pupils
Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals in schools with 2,000 and over pupils
England
3,383
263
29,770
42,120
25
3,030
4,350
North East
207
11
1,110
1,560
1
260
380
841
Darlington
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
840
Durham
36
0
0
0
0
0
0
390
Gateshead
11
1
66
130
0
0
0
805
Hartlepool
6
1
114
153
0
0
0
806
Middlesbrough
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
391
Newcastle upon Tyne
14
3
450
616
1
264
376
392
North Tyneside
15
2
161
188
0
0
0
929
Northumberland
58
1
90
128
0
0
0
807
Redcar and Cleveland
11
1
101
162
0
0
0
393
South Tyneside
9
1
66
89
0
0
0
808
Stockton-on-Tees
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
394
Sunderland
17
1
57
89
0
0
0
North West
470
31
4,440
6,400
0
0
0
889
Blackburn with Darwen
10
1
50
57
0
0
0
890
Blackpool
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
350
Bolton
17
3
147
304
0
0
0
351
Bury
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
875
Cheshire
42
6
343
518
0
0
0
909
Cumbria
42
2
111
157
0
0
0
876
Halton
8
1
112
196
0
0
0
340
Knowsley
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
888
Lancashire
85
2
118
143
0
0
0
341
Liverpool
31
3
982
1,421
0
0
0
352
Manchester
24
3
1,344
1,880
0
0
0
353
Oldham
15
1
95
105
0
0
0
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5 Feb 2009 : Column 1484W
354
Rochdale
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
355
Salford
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
343
Sefton
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
342
St. Helens
10
2
286
481
0
0
0
356
Stockport
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
357
Tameside
18
0
0
0
0
0
0
358
Trafford
18
0
0
0
0
0
0
877
Warrington
12
3
104
151
0
0
0
359
Wigan
20
2
175
234
0
0
0
344
Wirral
22
2
573
748
0
0
0
Yorkshire and the Humber
321
46
5,090
7,430
3
250
450
370
Barnsley
14
1
68
100
0
0
0
380
Bradford
29
6
1,193
1,546
0
0
0
381
Calderdale
15
1
118
154
0
0
0
371
Doncaster
17
2
258
411
1
112
250
811
East Riding of Yorkshire
18
5
305
477
0
0
0
810
Kingston Upon Hull, City of
14
1
166
206
0
0
0
382
Kirklees
32
0
0
0
0
0
0
383
Leeds
39
8
973
1,574
0
0
0
812
North East Lincolnshire
12
0
0
0
1
59
80
813
North Lincolnshire
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
815
North Yorkshire
47
6
198
288
0
0
0
372
Rotherham
16
5
598
880
0
0
0
373
Sheffield
27
5
523
725
0
0
0
384
Wakefield
18
5
624
984
1
75
117
816
York
10
1
69
85
0
0
0
East Midlands
305
22
1,790
2,710
4
360
450
831
Derby
14
2
133
153
0
0
0
830
Derbyshire
47
5
353
544
1
44
57
856
Leicester
18
0
0
0
0
0
0
855
Leicestershire
54
4
132
222
2
71
115
925
Lincolnshire
63
2
55
65
0
0
0
928
Northamptonshire
41
2
104
130
0
0
0
892
Nottingham
18
2
495
897
0
0
0
891
Nottinghamshire
47
5
513
695
1
248
279
857
Rutland
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
West Midlands
402
15
2,220
2,730
1
240
400
330
Birmingham
75
2
496
592
1
242
404
331
Coventry
19
1
89
89
0
0
0
332
Dudley
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
884
Herefordshire
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
333
Sandwell
18
3
509
681
0
0
0
893
Shropshire
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
334
Solihull
14
1
338
338
0
0
0
860
Staffordshire
68
2
246
321
0
0
0
861
Stoke-on-Trent
17
0
0
0
0
0
0
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5 Feb 2009 : Column 1486W
894
Telford and Wrekin
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
335
Walsall
19
1
215
282
0
0
0
937
Warwickshire
36
4
224
323
0
0
0
336
Wolverhampton
18
0
0
0
0
0
0
885
Worcestershire
46
1
102
103
0
0
0
East of England
423
35
3,160
4,410
1
420
420
820
Bedfordshire
56
2
84
98
0
0
0
873
Cambridgeshire
30
5
375
492
0
0
0
881
Essex
80
13
1,157
1,567
0
0
0
919
Hertfordshire
82
1
68
79
0
0
0
821
Luton
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
926
Norfolk
52
5
455
588
0
0
0
874
Peterborough
11
3
627
723
1
415
415
882
Southend-on-Sea
12
2
191
522
0
0
0
935
Suffolk
78
4
199
338
0
0
0
883
Thurrock
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
London
426
36
7,140
10,380
3
460
650
Inner London
147
5
1,340
2,060
0
0
0
202
Camden
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
201
City of London
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
204
Hackney
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
205
Hammersmith and Fulham
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
309
Haringey
12
1
110
115
0
0
0
206
Islington
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
207
Kensington and Chelsea
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
208
Lambeth
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
209
Lewisham
14
1
375
476
0
0
0
316
Newham
15
1
433
998
0
0
0
210
Southwark
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
211
Tower Hamlets
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
212
Wandsworth
11
2
426
475
0
0
0
213
Westminster
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
Outer London
279
31
5,790
8,310
3
460
650
301
Barking and Dagenham
9
4
1,113
1,926
0
0
0
302
Barnet
20
1
82
126
0
0
0
303
Bexley
17
3
596
751
2
326
512
304
Brent
14
3
741
1,199
0
0
0
305
Bromley
17
5
339
417
0
0
0
306
Croydon
23
1
55
55
0
0
0
307
Ealing
13
3
753
891
0
0
0
308
Enfield
18
2
344
460
0
0
0
203
Greenwich
14
3
957
1,250
0
0
0
310
Harrow
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
311
Havering
18
0
0
0
0
0
0
312
Hillingdon
18
0
0
0
1
130
141
313
Hounslow
14
1
166
277
0
0
0
314
Kingston upon Thames
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
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5 Feb 2009 : Column 1488W
315
Merton
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
317
Redbridge
17
4
587
887
0
0
0
318
Richmond upon Thames
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
319
Sutton
14
1
60
74
0
0
0
320
Waltham Forest
17
0
0
0
0
0
0
South East
504
39
2,810
3,780
9
780
1,080
867
Bracknell Forest
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
846
Brighton and Hove
9
3
482
654
1
146
194
825
Buckinghamshire
34
1
87
87
0
0
0
845
East Sussex
27
3
283
311
0
0
0
850
Hampshire
71
6
334
451
1
68
87
921
Isle of Wight
21
1
130
209
0
0
0
886
Kent
104
3
276
373
1
78
140
887
Medway
19
2
169
269
0
0
0
826
Milton Keynes
12
1
138
138
2
300
410
931
Oxfordshire
34
2
156
230
1
39
57
851
Portsmouth
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
870
Reading
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
871
Slough
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
852
Southampton
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
936
Surrey
53
8
276
374
2
103
135
869
West Berkshire
10
3
171
262
0
0
0
938
West Sussex
40
4
229
310
1
42
60
868
Windsor and Maidenhead
13
1
48
58
0
0
0
872
Wokingham
9
1
27
53
0
0
0
South West
325
28
2,030
2,740
3
270
520
800
Bath and North East Somerset
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
837
Bournemouth
10
1
50
77
0
0
0
801
Bristol, City of
19
1
49
84
0
0
0
908
Cornwall
31
2
189
238
0
0
0
878
Devon
37
5
453
682
2
214
447
835
Dorset
34
2
160
198
1
55
72
916
Gloucestershire
42
4
271
332
0
0
0
420
Isles of Scilly
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
802
North Somerset
10
3
199
251
0
0
0
879
Plymouth
17
1
66
85
0
0
0
836
Poole
9
2
91
113
0
0
0
933
Somerset
39
0
0
0
0
0
0
803
South Gloucestershire
16
3
157
195
0
0
0
866
Swindon
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
880
Torbay
8
1
205
288
0
0
0
865
Wiltshire
29
3
137
199
0
0
0
(1) Includes middle schools as deemed, city technology colleges and academies. (2) Includes dually registered pupils and boarding pupils. Note:
Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source:
School Census
