The programme was found to have a differential effect for
pupils eligible for free school meals compared to their peers.
At the age of 11, the gap was 16.8 % but rose to 26.2 % at 16 when exam results of
pupils eligible for free school meals compared with those not eligible.
Not exact matches
The same analysis also found that
pupils from poorer backgrounds who performed just as well as their more well off peers were still less likely to attend grammars, with 66 per cent of children who achieve level five in both English and Maths at Key Stage 2 who are not
eligible for free school meals going to a grammar
school compared with 40 per cent of similarly high achieving children who are
eligible for free school meals.
The latest data shows that 59 per cent of
pupils who are
eligible for free school meals achieved the expected standard in maths by the end of primary
school,
compared to over three - quarters (78 per cent) of all other
pupils.
The EPI's analysis used data from from inspections that took place from 2005/06 to 2014/15 and found that secondary
schools with up to five per cent of
pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) are over three times as likely to be rated «outstanding» as
schools with at least 23 per cent FSM (48 per cent
compared with 14 per cent).
GCSE results, including
for pupils eligible for free school meals and those with special educational needs, improved at a faster rate in 2009 - 2011
compared with the results in similar
schools.
Research by the Sutton Trust in 2014 showed that
pupils eligible for free school meals who scored in the top 10 per cent nationally at the end of primary
school were significantly less likely to be entered
for the EBacc,
compared to their wealthier peers who achieved the same level aged 11.
GCSE results, including
for pupils eligible for free school meals and those with special educational needs, improved at a faster rate 2009 - 2011
compared with the results in similar
schools.
Senior Labour MP Lucy Powell published figures showing the capital had the biggest gap between the number of
pupils at grammars
eligible for free school meals compared with the figure
for the broader
school population.
The programme appeared to have a different impact on
pupils eligible for and claiming
free school meals compared to their peers.
In 2017, over two thirds (68 per cent) of
pupils eligible for free school meals met the expected standard in phonics,
compared to 83 per cent of all other
pupils.
[1] 2.5 % of
pupils who entered grammars in 2015/16 are
eligible for free school meals compared to 14.1 % nationally, whereas 11 % of
pupils who entered grammar
school are likely to have come from prep
schools,
compared to around 6.5 % nationally.
Of those aged 11 - 16, 17 % of
pupils who are
eligible for free school meals (FSM) have received private tuition at some point in their
schooling,
compared with 26 % of students who do not receive FSM.
Figures in October showed 2.8 % of grammar
pupils are
eligible for free school meals compared with 13.4 % in non-selective
schools.
The researchers
compared pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) in England with disadvantaged
pupils in other countries using PISA's economic, social and cultural status index.
Figures show 2.8 % of grammar
pupils are
eligible for free school meals compared with 13.4 % in non-selective
schools.
Last year just 66 % of those known to be
eligible for free school meals reached the expected level in English and maths,
compared with 82 % of all other
pupils.
It warns that these
schools admit around 9.4 % of
pupils eligible for Free School Meals (FSM)- a key measure of poverty, compared to 17.2 % attending the average state s
School Meals (FSM)- a key measure of poverty,
compared to 17.2 % attending the average state
schoolschool.
The figures show only 52 % of children
eligible for free school meals reached the expected standard,
compared with 70 % of all other
pupils and 67 % of
pupils overall.
This
compares to just over a quarter (27 %) of wealthier
pupils (not
eligible for Free School Meals).
In Kent, just 27 % of
pupils eligible for free school meals get five good GCSEs,
compared with 45 % in London.
For example, just 42 per cent of year 1 pupils with SEN achieved the expected standard this year, compared to 86 per cent of those with no identified SEN, while 69 per cent of pupils in the same cohort eligible for free school meals achieved the standard, compared to 83 per cent of other pupi
For example, just 42 per cent of year 1
pupils with SEN achieved the expected standard this year,
compared to 86 per cent of those with no identified SEN, while 69 per cent of
pupils in the same cohort
eligible for free school meals achieved the standard, compared to 83 per cent of other pupi
for free school meals achieved the standard,
compared to 83 per cent of other
pupils.
Just under half of all children
eligible for free school meals (FSM) are not
school - ready by the time they start primary
school,
compared with just over a quarter of wealthier
pupils.