Grammar Schools: Admissions
(asked on 14th December 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the proportion of deprived children in existing grammar schools in comparison to non-selective schools.
Answered by
Viscount Younger of Leckie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 21st December 2016
In January 2016, 2.5% of pupils in grammar schools were eligible for free school meals whereas 13.8% of pupils were eligible for free school meals in non-selective secondary schools.