HC Deb 07 December 1993 vol 234 c153W
Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what arrangements his Department has for taking into account when judging school performance the range of intake to a particular school and other relevant factors.

Mr. Robin Squire

Ofsted is responsible for advising my right hon. Friend on the quality of education and standards achieved in schools. I have asked Professor Sutherland, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools, to send the hon. Member a copy of his published Framework of Inspection which sets out the criteria for judging school performance. Work on operational approaches to value added in the context of school performance tables is being taken forward by the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority.

Numbers and percentages of day pupils taking free school meals in maintained schools in England—January 1992
Primary (including nursery) Secondary Special
LEA number percentage number percentage number percentage
Corporation of London 91 41
Camden 3,291 31 1,762 17 143 48
Greenwich 5,727 27 2,204 16 250 36
Hackney 6,567 40 2,443 31 222 44
Hammersmith 2,929 31 1,236 21 145 38
Islington 5,094 34 1,806 23 131 42
Kensington and Chelsea 1,980 31 741 20 1 100

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