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'Pupil characteristics - Free school meals' from 'Schools, pupils and their characteristics'

• Created: 27 June 2022

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'Pupil characteristics - Free school meals' for FSM eligible pupils taking free school meals, State-funded nursery, State-funded primary and State-funded secondary in Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley and 38 other locations for 2021/22

		State-funded nursery				State-funded primary				State-funded secondary
		Headcount		FSM - Percentage of pupils		Headcount		FSM - Percentage of pupils		Headcount		FSM - Percentage of pupils
		Total	FSM eligible pupils taking free school meals	Total	FSM eligible pupils taking free school meals	Total	FSM eligible pupils taking free school meals	Total	FSM eligible pupils taking free school meals	Total	FSM eligible pupils taking free school meals	Total	FSM eligible pupils taking free school meals
London	Barking and Dagenham	no data	no data	no data	no data	24,594	5,254	100.0	21.4	19,787	4,399	100.0	22.2
	Barnet	439	0	100.0	0.0	30,848	4,570	100.0	14.8	29,727	4,374	100.0	14.7
	Bexley	no data	no data	no data	no data	22,662	3,218	100.0	14.2	20,561	2,815	100.0	13.7
	Brent	396	16	100.0	4.0	26,240	4,421	100.0	16.8	20,868	3,033	100.0	14.5
	Bromley	no data	no data	no data	no data	27,907	3,347	100.0	12.0	24,395	2,957	100.0	12.1
	Camden	128	39	100.0	30.5	11,071	3,678	100.0	33.2	10,541	2,551	100.0	24.2
	City of London	no data	no data	no data	no data	277	20	100.0	7.2	no data	no data	no data	no data
	Croydon	440	0	100.0	0.0	32,186	7,852	100.0	24.4	23,968	5,775	100.0	24.1
	Ealing	479	0	100.0	0.0	30,602	6,193	100.0	20.2	22,491	4,038	100.0	18.0
	Enfield	no data	no data	no data	no data	30,679	7,198	100.0	23.5	24,789	5,390	100.0	21.7
	Greenwich	664	65	100.0	9.8	25,494	5,263	100.0	20.6	17,967	3,273	100.0	18.2
	Hackney	213	51	100.0	23.9	18,971	5,620	100.0	29.6	14,747	4,641	100.0	31.5
	Hammersmith and Fulham	315	46	100.0	14.6	9,630	2,214	100.0	23.0	10,043	2,007	100.0	20.0
	Haringey	461	0	100.0	0.0	21,098	4,550	100.0	21.6	16,134	2,989	100.0	18.5
	Harrow	82	0	100.0	0.0	21,791	2,648	100.0	12.2	16,146	2,551	100.0	15.8
	Havering	no data	no data	no data	no data	24,414	3,441	100.0	14.1	16,615	2,406	100.0	14.5
	Hillingdon	166	0	100.0	0.0	29,331	4,008	100.0	13.7	22,138	3,337	100.0	15.1
	Hounslow	no data	no data	no data	no data	23,834	3,920	100.0	16.4	20,607	3,912	100.0	19.0
	Islington	302	54	100.0	17.9	14,098	4,380	100.0	31.1	9,160	2,185	100.0	23.9
	Kensington and Chelsea	234	43	100.0	18.4	7,005	2,029	100.0	29.0	6,192	1,223	100.0	19.8
	Kingston upon Thames	129	0	100.0	0.0	14,179	1,550	100.0	10.9	12,286	1,100	100.0	9.0
	Lambeth	492	51	100.0	10.4	20,305	5,648	100.0	27.8	15,596	4,438	100.0	28.5
	Lewisham	247	14	100.0	5.7	23,362	4,462	100.0	19.1	14,281	2,946	100.0	20.6
	Merton	no data	no data	no data	no data	17,231	2,755	100.0	16.0	10,253	1,810	100.0	17.7
	Newham	1,050	0	100.0	0.0	34,483	7,900	100.0	22.9	28,558	6,503	100.0	22.8
	Redbridge	no data	no data	no data	no data	28,960	3,229	100.0	11.1	28,602	3,639	100.0	12.7
	Richmond upon Thames	108	0	100.0	0.0	16,900	1,604	100.0	9.5	11,249	1,129	100.0	10.0
	Southwark	582	233	100.0	40.0	22,689	7,221	100.0	31.8	19,175	5,694	100.0	29.7
	Sutton	171	0	100.0	0.0	19,030	2,063	100.0	10.8	21,007	2,263	100.0	10.8
	Tower Hamlets	475	10	100.0	2.1	25,678	8,043	100.0	31.3	19,559	6,255	100.0	32.0
	Waltham Forest	272	0	100.0	0.0	24,919	4,701	100.0	18.9	16,556	3,363	100.0	20.3
	Wandsworth	179	9	100.0	5.0	19,280	3,643	100.0	18.9	13,348	2,903	100.0	21.7
	Westminster	259	31	100.0	12.0	8,881	2,549	100.0	28.7	12,771	3,401	100.0	26.6
North East		2,558	48	100.0	1.9	220,855	51,199	100.0	23.2	163,982	30,975	100.0	18.9
North West		5,425	142	100.0	2.6	652,332	131,940	100.0	20.2	459,332	80,193	100.0	17.5
Yorkshire and The Humber		2,637	85	100.0	3.2	480,765	94,729	100.0	19.7	351,318	59,644	100.0	17.0
East Midlands		2,609	47	100.0	1.8	402,284	69,766	100.0	17.3	309,253	43,658	100.0	14.1
West Midlands		5,998	628	100.0	10.5	519,212	111,542	100.0	21.5	400,968	71,869	100.0	17.9
East of England		4,228	89	100.0	2.1	520,668	77,617	100.0	14.9	412,109	49,008	100.0	11.9
London		8,283	662	100.0	8.0	708,629	139,192	100.0	19.6	570,117	109,300	100.0	19.2
South East		4,188	96	100.0	2.3	730,424	99,111	100.0	13.6	566,409	61,559	100.0	10.9
South West		2,110	164	100.0	7.8	420,344	62,969	100.0	15.0	333,890	39,977	100.0	12.0
England		38,036	1,961	100.0	5.2	4,655,513	838,065	100.0	18.0	3,567,378	546,183	100.0	15.3

Footnotes

1. Totals include state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units. Does not include independent schools

Source: Schools, pupils and their characteristics, Pupil characteristics - Free school meals

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