Pupil characteristics - Free school meals
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Number of pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units by free school meal eligibility including the number of pupils newly eligible for free school meals since March 23rd 2020 (first national lockdown)
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Schools, pupils and their characteristics
- Release
- Academic year 2020/21
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- FSM - Percentage of pupils
- Headcount
- Filters
- Free School Meals
- School type
- Time period
- 2015/16 to 2020/21
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-type_grouping | FSM | headcount | percent_of_pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202021 | Academic year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | South East | E12000008 | 870 | Reading | E06000038 | State-funded primary | infants taken a free school meal on census day | 4544 | 32.60619977 |
| 202021 | Academic year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | South East | E12000008 | 870 | Reading | E06000038 | State-funded primary | known to be eligible for free school meals | 2904 | 20.83811711 |
| 202021 | Academic year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | South East | E12000008 | 870 | Reading | E06000038 | State-funded primary | known to be eligible for free school meals (used for FSM in Performance Tables) | 2796 | 21.1737978 |
| 202021 | Academic year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | South East | E12000008 | 870 | Reading | E06000038 | State-funded primary | number of pupils (used for FSM in Performance Tables) | 13205 | 100 |
| 202021 | Academic year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | South East | E12000008 | 870 | Reading | E06000038 | State-funded primary | Total | 13936 | 100 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| FSM | Free School Meals - Filter by free school meal status |
| headcount | Headcount |
| percent_of_pupils | FSM - Percentage of pupils |
| Phase-type_grouping | School type - Filter by school type |
Footnotes
- Totals include state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units. Does not include independent schools
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