This paper presents a description of the background characteristics and attainment profile of
pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) in England, and of those missing a value for this …

Whether someone has ever had free school meal (FSM) eligibility over a six‐year period is
the measure of socio‐economic disadvantage currently used in the English school system. It …

Over the last 20 years, the use of administrative data has become central to understanding
pupil attainment and school performance. Of most importance has been its use to robustly …

Across the social sciences, family socio-economic status (SES) is seen as a potentially key
determinant of children's educational attainment. However, a lot educational research in the …

The paper analyses the impact of socio‐economic status (SES) on academic attainment at
the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) in Northern Ireland and evaluates …

Family income is an important factor associated with children's educational achievement.
However, key areas of UK research (for example, on socially segregated schooling) and …

The use of free school meal (FSM) data is widely prevalent in official estimates of
educational disadvantage as well as in educational research reports in Britain. However …

This report presents evidence on the impact of the Free School Meals pilot on a range of
pupil outcomes. It has been prepared on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE) and …

This report, commissioned by the Department for Education, presents the findings of an
independent evaluation of the Pupil Premium. The Pupil Premium takes the form of …

It is well known that children growing up in poor families emerge from our schools with
substantially lower levels of educational attainment. The only regularly published …