LA - Free school meals (FSM)
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Free school meal eligibility for children in need (excluding children on a child protection plan and children looked after), children on a child protection plan (excluding children looked after).
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England
- Release
- Reporting year 2023
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number of pupils
- Number of pupils with free school meal eligibility
- Percentage of pupils with free school meal eligibility
- Filters
- Social care group
- Time period
- 2016/17 to 2022/23
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | la_name | new_la_code | social_care_group | t_pupils | t_FSM_eligible | pt_FSM_eligible |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | CINO at 31 March | 140130 | 83740 | 59.8 | |||||
| 202223 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | CINO at 31 March | 8480 | 5580 | 65.9 | |||
| 202223 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | CINO at 31 March | 19510 | 12390 | 63.5 | |||
| 202223 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000003 | Yorkshire and The Humber | CINO at 31 March | 14110 | 8980 | 63.7 | |||
| 202223 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | CINO at 31 March | 9780 | 6200 | 63.3 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| pt_FSM_eligible | Percentage of pupils with free school meal eligibility |
| social_care_group | Social care group - Filter by social care group |
| t_FSM_eligible | Number of pupils with free school meal eligibility |
| t_pupils | Number of pupils |
Footnotes
- Free school meal (FSM) eligibility is taken from both the school census and the alternative provision census. More detailed information on the FSM data published within this release is available in the accompanying methodology.
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