Journal
BRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES
Volume 66, Issue 1, Pages 29-51Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00071005.2017.1330464
Keywords
free school meals; socio-economic status; educational attainment; Pupil Deprivation Grant; wales; millennium cohort study
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- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) [ES/I038152/1]
- consortium of government departments and devolved administrations, Welsh Government
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/I038152/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- ESRC [ES/I038152/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Over the last 20years, the use of administrative data has become central to understanding pupil attainment and school performance. Of most importance has been its use to robustly demonstrate the impact of socio-economic status (SES) on pupil attainment. Much of this analysis in England and Wales has relied on whether pupils are eligible for free school meals (eFSM). However, very little is known about the validity of this measure as a proxy for SES. Using a recent major birth cohort study, this paper examines the relationship between pupils' eFSM and their more detailed socio-economic circumstances.
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