Sentences with phrase «on free school meals»

Additionally, the percentage of pupils on free school meals going to university dropped for the first time in a decade.

He goes on and on about the pupil premium, when schools always did get extra money for children on free school meals.

In contrast, 63 per cent of those not on free school meals achieve the same results.

Just 60 % of white British boys on free school meals reached that level, while 68 % of black British boys did so.

British black Caribbean boys on free school meals have improved faster and have closed the achievement gap, but still only one third of them reach the expected level at 16.

Additionally, pupils on free school meals made up just 19 per cent of GCSE entrants, even though they make up 27 per cent of the population nationally.

Two - thirds of pupils (67 %) on free school meals gained a Level 4 in reading, writing and maths this year - up four percentage points on 2013.

They also compared the rate of pupils on free school meals within schools with that of the areas from which those pupils came.

And it says that academies take a higher proportion of children on free school meals than the national average.

Increased funding for pupils on free school meals — via the pupil premium — is the latest innovation.

Their research found that, in 2002, 22 per cent of children on free school meals in London gained five or more A * - C GCSEs, including English and Maths.

Oxford and Cambridge Universities both cited research showing that of 176 students on free school meals who got three As at A-level in 2007, 45 went to Oxford or Cambridge.

«In light of the recent announcement on free school meals for all infant school children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 from September 2014, the Department for Education is revising the timetable for publication of the invitation to tender (ITT) for the School Food Plan Lots «Increase take - up» and «Set up breakfast clubs».

School holidays can put financial pressure on parents who usually rely on free school meals for their children.

The controversy over his appointment has been presented, or rather misrepresented, as an ideological dispute between Conservatives and Liberal Democrats - with the Tories outraged by the social engineering approach proposed by the professor and Lib Dems determined to «crank up» the numbers of kids on free school meals in Oxbridge at all cost.

Appallingly, this year just 176 pupils on free school meals got three As at A-level.

A total of 160,000 children are to miss out on free school meals under changes to Universal Credit rules, according to a leading thinktank.

Ed Humpherson, the director general for regulation at the UK Statistics Authority, has written to Jonathan Slater, the DfE's permanent secretary, over a tweet which he said had falsely labelled white male pupils on free school meals as «white working class» pupils — and failed to recognise that selection within grammar schools meant they could not fairly be compared to comprehensives.

The Department for Education today released the following communication regarding its tenders to increase take - up and establish breakfast clubs as part of the School Food Plan: «In light of the recent announcement on free school meals for all infant...

According to a study by Education Datalab, the Kent Test, the entrance exam in Kent, was a «loaded dice» against pupils on free school meals because they were not coached for the test, unlike their wealthier peers.

«The minority of children currently on free school meals tell us they feel stigmatised; extending entitlement should reduce, if not eliminate, that problem.

There was just one unfunded recommendation, based on a free school meals pilot commissioned by the Labour government in 2009.

John Fowler, a policy advisor at the Local Government Information Unit, suggested the government use historic data on free school meals until the new system «settles down».

Just over a third of teenagers on free school meals get five good GCSEs including maths and English; the national average is 58 %.

Kendall said the figures showed that during the last parliament the number of children from the poorest families who went to university «increased at a much faster rate than those not on free school meals.»

The policy on free school meals would not have happened without Michael Gove.

Conservative councillor Jenny Whittle, who is leading the inquiry, said: «We want to really focus on why such a low proportion of children on free school meals attend grammar schools and what can be done to cut down the barriers.

Although set in an affluent area of Preston, a high proportion of Corpus Christi Catholic Sports College students come from the most deprived local areas, with 33 per cent on free school meals.

It provides guidance on free school meal eligibility and the introduction of transitional protection arrangements under Universal Credit for those already receiving free school meals.

The LibDem big idea on free school meals isn't the vote - winner Nick Clegg thinks it is.

«Two years ago, Welsh Liberal Democrats were successful in securing a Pupil Deprivation Grant to help youngsters on free school meals get extra help in school to make sure they fulfil their potential.

Our flagship policy, the Welsh Pupil Premium, ensures all children on free school meals across Wales get the extra support they need no matter where they live.

Some 10,060 pupils on free school meals started university in 2005.

Two polls at the weekend had Labour 21 points behind the Conservatives, despite a new survey indicating public backing for the party's recent policy blitz with proposals on free school meals, among others.

The analysis of Department for Education (DfE) data also highlighted that secondary schools with more than 40 percent on free school meals will have an average loss of # 803 per pupil.

Linda's advice to school's embarking on this free school meals journey is: «You need a plan.

After seeing steady progress from 15 per cent in 2005 - 06 up to 23 per cent in 2012 - 13, the number of pupils on free school meals entering university dropped to 22 per cent in 2013 - 14.

The health gains were most visible in disadvantaged catchment areas — over a half of schools with more than a quarter of pupils on free school meals said their facilities had improved, compared to 39 per cent of schools with lower than average take up of free meals.

A significant factor Rastrick High School in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, has approximately 1400 students on its books with 40 per cent of those black or ethnic minority and 12 per cent currently on the Free School Meals programme.

One senior Lib Dem told me there's lots of real anger around Mr Cummings and particularly his attack on free school meals.

The programme, which is currently overseen by the NCS Trust, has a stated mission of «social mixing» between pupils of different backgrounds, meaning that participants are often on free school meals or have special educational meals, as well as including those from pupil referral units or not in any education or training at all.

They were youngsters who are on free school meals during term time (1 million pupils), and those who don't qualify for free school meals because their parents «work for their poverty» (2 million youngsters).

Government data shows pupils on free school meals continue to lag behind their better - off peers in reading, with only 55 per cent reaching the expected standard in last year's key stage 2 SATs, compared with 72 per cent of pupils overall.

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The research also failed to find a «significant positive impact» on social mobility, and in fact found that the gap between the proportion of children on free school meals attaining five A * to C GCSEs including English and maths and all other children was actually wider in selective areas (34.1 per cent) than in non-selective areas (27.8 per cent).