Unseen Children

Unseen children London stands out Pupils from low income families perform best in London, in both primary and secondary schools. Schools in London generally have strong leadership and teaching regardless of whether they serve the most or least deprived communities. Children and young people from low income backgrounds and their education Two out of three pupils eligible for free school meals in England leave their secondary school without five good GCSES including English and mathematics. This is generally considered the 'employability benchmark'. By the age of 19, six out of ten young people from low income families still lack these qualifications. Poor families in rich areas 86 86 97 69 65 Pupils from low income families do 93 63 85 particularly badly in some relatively affluent 75 90 areas. Outcomes are worst in the South 89 88 74 75 East, in both primary and secondary schools. 94 75 81 85 78 White British pupils 1.2 92 White British pupils are by far the largest disadvantaged group, accounting for around two thirds of all pupils from low income backgrounds. They are the lowest performing major ethnic group in GCSE exams. 76 million FSM pupils i priy seconday) England North East North West and ue ands FSM pupils qualified at 191 Atainment over time Teaching quality Leadership effectiveness PSM Pupils Number of =1 out of 10 Non-FSM pupils FSM pupils Least deprived Lenst deprived -10,000 (primary Most deprivedMost deprived =10,000 arcas areas Key A (secondary) arcas DPrimary 9 Secondary White British Secondary pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 in 2012 51,300 434,200 South East 51,500 Paklstanl Figure 1 1. Based on the percentage of FSM pupils at age 19 in each region that had qualified to Level 2 with English and mathematics. 2. Attainment at primary is the percentage of 2 pupils attaining Le and mathematics. Attainment at secondary is the percentage of Key Stage 4 pupils attaining five GCSES at A* to C grade including English and mathematics. Key Stage 2 attainment data for FSM and non-FSM pupils only available by region 17,00 15,700 31% Black African 2 200 47% -5,300 19 g Level 4+ in English -2.600 LL 48% All other ethnicities Indlan 13,100 only from 2010. Black Carlbbean 13,000 47% 3. Figures are the percentage of schools judged good or Outstanding for the quality of teaching in each region. ES 6B 1,300 1,500 770 N.mber of pupis in ethnic group 770 40% 4. ed good or outstanding for leadership and management in each region. Number of FSM pupis in erhnic gdup udo are the percentage of schools Key B Number of FSM puplls who attalned the GCSE benchmark In 2012 Percentage of FSM pupls who attalned the GCSE benchmark In 2012 5. The number of free school meal pupils is the total of all eligible pupils in primary and secondary schools as at the 2012 Annual School Census. 1,700– 59% 2300 6. Ethnicity bubbles are based on the number of eligible free school meal pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 only. 7. Pupil numbers for ethnicity bubbles have been rounded to the nearest 10 if less than 1000, and to the nearest 100 if 1000 or over Bangladeshi 120 Chinese Source: Ofsted; Department for Education Yorkshi Midlande Jest London South West