Sentences with phrase «to be eligible for free school meals»

The study found that attainment had been improving for pupils who were eligible for free school meals for less than 60 per cent of their time in schools.

Model form that schools can use to determine which children are eligible for free school meals and the pupil premium.

The premium is paid for pupils who have been eligible for free school meals over the previous six years or who have been in care.

Critics of the expansion plans have focused on the low number of pupils attending grammar schools who are eligible for free school meals - used as a traditional measure of poverty.

But payment is based on whether children are eligible for free school meals and if families do not register to claim, the school does not get the money.

Figures in October showed 2.8 % of grammar pupils are eligible for free school meals compared with 13.4 % in non-selective schools.

Pupils who are eligible for free school meals in Barnsley, Portsmouth, South Gloucestershire, North Lincolnshire and Northumberland were least likely to get five good GCSEs, including English and maths, inspectors said.

Pupils are eligible for free school meals if their family is on one of a range of benefits or has a household income of less than # 16,190.

Additionally, the EPI's analysis shows that faith schools have a lower proportion of disadvantaged children, with the odds of a pupil in a secondary faith school being eligible for free school meals around two thirds of those for all children in their local area.

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.

Figures show 2.8 % of grammar pupils are eligible for free school meals compared with 13.4 % in non-selective schools.

Pupils who get the funding include those who have been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years — with # 1,320 paid per secondary pupil, and # 935 for a primary pupil.

Powell, a former Shadow Education Secretary, released figures that show just 2.3 per cent of pupils that attend grammar schools in the capital are eligible for free school meals, compared to 19.2 per cent for children at all state funded secondary schools.

The proportion of CME who were eligible for free school meals when they were last in school is nine percentage points higher than average, highlighting the link between deprivation and poor education outcomes.

Russell Hobby, general secretary of school leaders» union NAHT, says: «We know that not all children who are eligible for free school meals claim them.

Overall, around 50,000 more children should be eligible for free school meals once Universal Credit is rolled out.

Sir Peter Lampl, founder of the Sutton Trust, backed the calls for the government to show evidence that new grammars could close the attainment gap - when less than 3 % of grammar school entrants are eligible for free school meals.

And for pupils who were eligible for free school meals on almost every occasion the school census was taken (90 per cent of more), the study found their attainment, in relation to the national average, had actually fallen.

Handsworth Grammar School, in Birmingham, is in one of the most deprived areas in the country, and its intake reflects that: even without a quota, 27 % of its pupils have been eligible for free school meals within the past six years, close to the England average of 29.4 %

Pushed on how many of «the most disadvantaged» receive help, Lenon said that all 6,000 «would be in that category», but was unable to say how many pupils who would be eligible for free school meals attended his schools.

Around a third of pupils in the project were eligible for free school meals and forty percent had English as an additional language.

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.

The «disadvantaged» group was defined as those whose parent (s) did not attend university, and who were eligible for free school meals between the ages of 11 and 18.

It also does not follow that because only 11.3 % of the intake in Skegness Grammar School in 2015 was eligible for free school meals then we should just carry on with the failed comprehensive approach that has resulted in a marked drop in standards across society and a caste like system in which 7 % of the population dominates.

The issues it highlighted included the labelling of «working class boys», as the DfE does not collect information on pupils» socio - economic status and the statistics quoted were actually about white make students who were eligible for free school meals in year 11.

In areas using universal credit, families will be eligible for free school meals if they have a combined income of up to # 55,000.

The latest data shows that just over half (54 %) of pupils who are eligible for free school meals achieved the expected standard in maths by the end of primary school, compared to almost three - quarters (73 %) of all other pupils.

The government points to areas such as Nottingham, where a high proportion of children are eligible for free school meals and results are below the national average.

In 2012 - 13, it was extended to pupils who have been eligible for free school meals at any point in the previous six years

At the start of 2016 less than three per cent of children at grammar schools were eligible for free school meals, compared to a national average of 14 % across all school types — and, horribly, 17 % of children within grammar school areas.

[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.

«Instead, the statistics quoted were about white male students who were eligible for free school meals in year 11.»

Lot 3: Set up breakfast clubs in schools where over 35 % of pupils are eligible for free school meals and there is no existing breakfast provision.

Note, if a child is eligible for a free school meal the duty is not to discriminate and we believe this means that a vegan option should be provided.

The Education Minister has announced more ambitious targets for closing the attainment gap by the end of Foundation Phase, aiming for 80 % of learners aged 7 who are eligible for free school meals achieving the expected level by 2017.

In particular, he has pointed to the impact of the pupil premium, which was introduced in April 2011, and provides additional funding to schools for each pupil who is eligible for free school meals.

The author is correct that in recent years, there has been no narrowing of the GCSE achievement gap between children who are eligible for free school meals and those who are not.

At present schools can receive # 488 for each pupil who is eligible for free school meals, under a measure introduced by the coalition government last year.

Children from poor families (where children would be eligible for free school meals) already benefit, but Teather said children with special needs could benefit too.

Targeted resources bode well for the «pupil premium» policy, which provides additional resources for disadvantaged pupils who are eligible for free school meals.

Councillors are also examining the admissions criteria and grammar schools» outreach work to support poorer pupils, after figures released in October showed that 2.8 per cent of grammar pupils are eligible for free school meals, compared with 13.4 per cent in non-selective schools.

The head teacher Nathan Atkinson believes that children who are eligible for free school meals, should be eligible 52 weeks of the year and not just during term time.

Schools» eligibility for a bursary will be decided based on the number of pupils who are eligible for free school meals or pupil premium.

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.

Williams continued: «We have always said that the PDG is there to support all pupils who are eligible for Free School Meals, not just those that are struggling academically.

Students who were eligible for Free School Meals and took part in a CREST Silver Award were 38 % more likely to take a STEM subject at AS Level than the matched control group.

Hon Michael Gove, he outlined his commitment to support these children when he stressed the tragic fact that out of the 120,000 children that enter compulsory education each year and are eligible for free school meals, only 40 graduate from university.