Sentences with phrase «child receiving free school meals»
He said it was «a real concern» that almost a third of children receiving free school meals failed to meet the standard expected in literacy.
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The system also looks at how many children receive free school meals to recognise family backgrounds.
State - funded schools benefit from a 15 % discount and those with a higher than average number of children receiving free school meals are eligible for 60 % off the standard rate.
By 16, children receiving free school meals achieve 1.7 grades lower at GCSE than their wealthier peers.6 Leaving school with fewer qualifications translates into lower earnings over the course of a working life.
The school has a high number of newly arrived families and EAL pupils, and a high number of children receiving free school meals.
An important point is also raised about the impact of the recession on the proportion of children receiving free school meals.
This investment builds on the # 282m already secured for the Pupil Premium by the Welsh Lib Dems, which from next April will be worth # 1,150 for every child receiving free school meals.
Gove is understood to have settled the method of paying the premium: in the short term, it will use the existing system of allocating extra money to children receiving free school meals.
Secondary schools bands are based on GCSE exam performance, but also take into account other factors such as attendance and the number of children receiving free school meals.
Martin Johnson, deputy general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said: «There is a lot of difference between «allowing» and «requiring» popular schools to give preference to children receiving free school meals.
«A child receiving free school meals is half as likely to get a grammar place as a child who doesn't, even when their ability is the same at the end of primary school as measured in national tests,» she says.
Mr Gibb said: «It is a real concern that almost a third of all Key Stage 1 children receiving free school meals are failing to achieve the standard in reading and writing.