Free school meals - number of FSM eligible pupils and new eligibility from 23rd March
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Number of pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary, special schools and pupil referral units by free school meal eligibility. Also includes number of pupils who have become eligible for free school meals since March 23rd, up to census day (October 1st 2020).
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Free school meals: Autumn term
- Release
- Autumn term 2020/21
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Eligible since March 23rd
- Headcount (all pupils)
- Number of FSM eligible pupils
- Filters
- School type
- Time period
- 2019/20 Autumn term to 2020/21 Autumn term
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_name | region_code | old_la_code | la_name | new_la_code | phase | fsm_eligible | headcount | fsm_eligible_percent | new_fsm_eligible |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202021 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded primary | 933189 | 4618105 | 20.20718455 | 207075 | |||||
| 202021 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded secondary | 636682 | 3502125 | 18.1798765 | 87109 | |||||
| 202021 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Pupil referral unit | 5577 | 10864 | 51.33468336 | 646 | |||||
| 202021 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Total | 1633698 | 8299034 | 19.68539953 | 302397 | |||||
| 202021 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded nursery | 2231 | 32048 | 6.961432851 | 1290 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| fsm_eligible | Number of FSM eligible pupils |
| fsm_eligible_percent | Percentage of pupils eligible for FSM |
| headcount | Headcount (all pupils) |
| new_fsm_eligible | Eligible since March 23rd |
| phase | School type - Filter by school type |
Footnotes
- Includes all state-funded special schools, plus non-maintained special schools
- Includes all pupils who are eligible for free school meals at census day (October 1st 2020, October 3rd 2019) and have become eligible since 23rd March of that year. This includes pupils who may have been eligible for free school meals previously but their latest spell has started since this date. This also includes pupils who have joined the reception class, who would not otherwise have been eligible for free school meals prior to the start of the new school year.
- Children may be eligible for free school meals in nursery if in a nursery class or nursery school and attending for full days
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