Sentences with phrase «school meal eligibility»

Yet some within the academic community and government recognise the limitations in using free school meal eligibility as a predictor for pupil achievement.

It increases school meal eligibility for low - income children.

Some states use school meal eligibility data to allocate state or local education or other funds.

Changes to free school meals eligibility enacted by the government have been at the centre of a bitter row between the government and opposition since they were announced last year.

Free school meal eligibility performs better and is more feasible to use than neighbourhood measures.

When combined with the other pupil characteristics, models with measures of free school meal eligibility worked best, in practical terms, for explaining variation in pupil achievement.

Within Brighton & Hove, I also manage the free school meal eligibility checking service on behalf of all of our schools, colleges, free schools and academies, so I am well placed to collect information that will be relevant to both the caterer and our schools.

The government will proceed with its plans to change the threshold for free school meals eligibility under universal credit, children's minister Nadhim Zahawi has announced.

The investigation found the trust had failed to retain any form of free school meal eligibility evidence for a period of six years — breaching the Academies Financial Handbook.

Enrollment in Newark's charter schools increased substantially during this same time period, contributing to the charters» notably higher numbers in school meal eligibility and participation.

First, free school meal eligibility fluctuates with economic cycles, since the number of pupils eligible increases during times of economic hardship and shrinks during boom times.

Within Brighton & Hove, I also manage the free school meal eligibility checking service on behalf of all of our schools, colleges, free schools and academies, so I am well placed to collect information that will be relevant to both the caterer and our schools.

To figure out how to allocate these funds, the government uses free school meal eligibility to measure pupil socioeconomic disadvantage.

On 17 October 2012, additional national - level tables are being added containing a further breakdown of analyses for primary type of special educational need by pupil characteristics (e.g. free school meal eligibility, age, gender, ethnicity).

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 School Food Plan includes an investment of # 11.8 million from the Department for Education to help increase school meal take - up where it is lowest and # 3 million to help set up self - sustaining breakfast clubs in 500 schools with over 40 % free school meals eligibility.

The report concluded: «We intend to conduct further, more sensitive, analysis when student level data for prior attainment, free school meal eligibility and the deprivation index become available to better understand whether these systematic factors are associated with year - on - year variability.»

Theatre of Law is available for primary schools across London with above average free school meal eligibility.

The study provides important insights into the feasibility of the programme in terms of: its potential effects on outcomes; an estimate of these potential effect sizes (providing valuable information on sample sizes for future study); the impacts on different groups (particularly with regard to free school meal eligibility); and key facilitators and barriers to implementation (from the process evaluation and the exploratory analysis of dosage).

Data on ethnicity and free school meal eligibility is sourced from Department for Education published GCSE and Equivalent Results in England, 2006 - 2015.

The School Food Plan includes an investment of # 11.8 million from the Department for Education to help increase school meal take - up where it is lowest and # 3 million to help set up self - sustaining breakfast clubs in 500 schools with over 40 % free school meals eligibility.

Ninety schools give no priority for past or present free school meals eligibility, and 21 give a lower priority in their oversubscription criteria or use it as a potential tie - breaker for the last place in the school.

To work out the geographic areas in highest need, the company analysed data on ten indicators including free school meals eligibility, work experience exposure and availability, exam results, apprenticeship destinations and proportion of young people out of work or education in each area.

Free school meal eligibility has not been routinely collected among 16 - 19 year olds.

The idea is that free school meal eligibility is linked to lower pupil achievement, and the additional funding can help state schools to narrow the achievement gap between students who receive free school meals and those who don't.

Despite (or perhaps because of) the well - known limitations of using free school meal eligibility, our research suggests that it is presently the most practical measure of pupil deprivation.

This analysis includes England information on primary type of need by age, gender, ethnicity, free school meal eligibility, national curriculum year group, first language and also information on secondary type of need.

Pupil attainment data, grouped by gender, ethnicity and free school meal eligibility, broken down by the area in which pupils live.