To ask the Secretary of State for Education at schools at which more than 50 per cent of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 were eligible for free school meals, how many and what proportion of pupils achieved (a) A* to C grades in English and mathematics GCSE, (b) five A* to C grades in GCSE including English and mathematics but excluding equivalents, (c) five A* to C grades at GCSE including English and mathematics including equivalents, (d) A* to C grades in English, mathematics, two sciences, a foreign language and history or geography GCSE excluding equivalents and (e) five A* to A grades at GCSE excluding equivalents, in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Information on pupil attainment for those pupils who are eligible for free school meals is not published at school level. This is in order to protect the identity of pupils in care as these numbers could be inferred given data is published for disadvantaged pupils. Disadvantaged pupils are defined as those who are either eligible for free school meals (FSM) in last six years or have been looked after continuously (CLA) by the local authority for six months.
Information on pupil attainment at the end of Key Stage 4 by school type and for disadvantaged pupils for parts (a), (c) and (d) is available in the School Performance tables at the following link:
http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/
For part (b), information is only available for five A* to C grades in GCSE including English and mathematics including equivalents. Information excluding equivalents could be provided only at a disproportionate cost.
Information for part (e) has been placed in the House Libraries. This information includes GCSE equivalents and as above providing information excluding equivalents could be provided only at a disproportionate cost.
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