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Maintained nursery, maintained primary and state-funded secondary schools: school meal arrangements—as at January each year
Maintained nursery and primary schools( 1) State-funded secondary schools( 1,2)

Number on roll( 3) Number of pupils taking free school meals Percentage taking free school meals Number known to be eligible for free school meals Percentage known to be eligible for free school meals Number on roll( 3) Number of pupils taking free school meals Percentage taking free school meals Number known to be eligible for free school meals Percentage known to be eligible for free school meals

Braintree

1997

8,840

1,100

12.5

1,350

15.3

4,860

470

9.7

620

12.8

1998

9,160

920

10.1

1,190

13.0

4,880

470

9.7

630

12.9

1999

9,320

850

9.1

1,090

11.7

4,990

430

8.7

580

11.6

2000

9,230

780

8.4

1,060

11.5

5,180

410

7.9

570

10.9

2001

9,350

740

7.9

940

10.0

5,390

400

7.5

590

10.9

2002

9,680

750

7.7

970

10.0

5,590

390

6.9

570

10.1

2003

9,690

700

7.3

910

9.3

5,660

410

7.2

530

9.3

2004

9,590

730

7.6

940

9.8

5,870

400

6.7

540

9.2

2005

9,450

690

7.3

830

8.8

5,980

400

6.7

530

8.8

2006

9,360

680

7.3

800

8.6

6,070

350

5.8

450

7.4

2007

9,280

690

7.4

780

8.3

6,040

340

5.6

420

70

2008

9,290

670

7.2

740

8.0

5,960

310

5.1

390

6.6

Essex

1997(4)

136,680

18,670

13.7

23,110

16.9

97,620

9,240

9.5

12,540

12.8

1998(4)

139,410

17,300

12.4

21,570

15.5

98,590

9,000

9.1

12,280

12.5

1999(5)

113,130

11,910

10.5

15,480

13.7

82,190

6,620

8.1

9,050

11.0

2000(5)

113,220

11,380

10.0

14,530

12.8

84,220

6,550

7.8

8,830

10.5

2001(5)

112,740

10,320

9.2

13,180

11.7

86,250

6,110

7.1

8,600

10.0

2002(5)

112,450

9,830

8.7

12,790

11.4

87,800

6,050

6.9

8,200

9.3

2003(5)

111,440

9,790

8.8

12,400

11.1

89,500

6,000

6.7

7,990

8.9

2004(5)

110,430

9,790

8.9

12,340

11.2

90,690

6,280

6.9

8,160

9.0

2005(5)

108,690

9,580

8.8

11,790

10.8

90,910

6,040

6.6

7,770

8.5

2006(5)

107,390

9,430

8.8

10,800

10.1

91,100

5,840

6.4

7,590

8.3

2007(5)

105,860

9,130

8.6

10,530

9.9

90,530

5,430

6.0

7,030

7.8

2008(5)

105,250

8,890

8.4

9,970

9.5

89,680

5,360

6.0

6,730

7.5

England

1997

4,479,450

775,740

17.3

944,590

21.1

3,052,280

384,150

12.6

556,250

18.2

1998

4,508,920

731,580

16.2

891,050

19.8

3,084,820

370,580

12.0

540,250

17.5

1999

4,507,660

690,320

15.3

853,020

18.9

3,134,470

370,510

11.8

527,340

16.8

2000

4,481,680

671,490

15.0

821,520

18.3

3,194,590

370,930

11.6

526,740

16.5

2001

4,451,220

631,640

14.2

783,510

17.6

3,740,130

355,700

9.5

512,320

13.7

2002

4,405,640

616,630

14.0

754,510

17.1

3,277,100

356,440

10.9

488,490

14.9

2003

4,350,260

604,910

13.9

731,610

16.8

3,328,730

353,000

10.6

482,920

14.5

2004

4,293,180

608,760

14.2

741,150

17.3

3,353,360

356,970

10.6

483,880

14.4

2005

4,243,110

568,350

13.4

717,230

16.9

3,349,220

341,810

10.2

473,740

14.1

2006

4,187,630

556,180

13.3

670,340

16.0

3,347,500

336,940

10.1

458,690

13.7

2007

4,148,390

544,370

13.1

658,910

15.9

3,325,620

327,110

9.8

445,070

13.4

2008

4,127,840

538,460

13.0

641,490

15.5

3,294,580

326,480

9.9

433,140

13.1

(1) Includes middle-schools as deemed.
(2) Includes City Technology Colleges and Academies.
(3) Prior to 2003, this includes all full-time and part-time pupils who are solely registered, excluding boarding pupils. Due to underlying changes in data collection, this coverage was extended to also include all pupils with dual (main) registration and boarding pupils, from 2003.
(4) Before local authority reorganisation.
(5) After local authority reorganisation.
Source:
School Census


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