Free school meals - number of FSM eligible pupils - Spring 2016 to Spring 2020 plus Autumn 2020
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Number of pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary, special schools and pupil referral units by free school meal eligibility, from Spring 2015/16 to Autumn 2020/21
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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
- Headcount (all pupils)
- Number of FSM eligible pupils
- Percentage of pupils eligible for FSM
- Filters
- School type
- Time period
- 2015/16 Spring 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202021 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded primary | 933189 | 4618105 | 20.20718455 | |||||
| 202021 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded secondary | 636682 | 3502125 | 18.1798765 | |||||
| 202021 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Pupil referral unit | 5577 | 10864 | 51.33468336 | |||||
| 202021 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Total | 1633698 | 8299034 | 19.68539953 | |||||
| 202021 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded nursery | 2231 | 32048 | 6.961432851 |
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) |
| phase | School type - Filter by school type |
Footnotes
- Data for Autumn 2020/21 combines State-funded special school and Non-maintained special schools under a single heading of Special school. For previous years these are presented separately.
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