GCE A-Level: Disadvantaged
Children, Schools and Families
Written answers and statements, 4 November 2009
Michael Gove (Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Children, Schools and Families; Surrey Heath, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils on free school meals were awarded a grade A in A Level history in 2008.
Diana Johnson (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Children, Schools and Families; Kingston upon Hull North, Labour)
holding answer
52 (10.3 per cent. of those entered) pupils eligible for free school meals achieved a grade A in A-level history in 2008.
This figure relates to 16 to 18-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e.