Department for Education written question – answered am ar 31 Ionawr 2025.
Roz Savage
Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol, South Cotswolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children receive free school meals in South Cotswolds Constituency.
Stephen Morgan
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education
As of January 2024, 12.5% (1,761) of pupils attending state-funded schools in the South Cotswolds Constituency were eligible for and claiming free school meals. This compares with a rate of 24.6% of pupils in state-funded schools in England. These figures are calculated from the school level supporting file published as part of the 2023/24 statistical release ‘School, pupils and their characteristics’, which can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics.
Schools have been matched to their post July 2024 constituency using the department’s Get Information about Schools service, which can be found here: https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/.
Yes3 people think so
No2 people think not
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