More than 30% of children in primary schools in Tower Hamlets and Newcastle claim free school meals

<10%

>30%

Pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals

31.8%

Tower

Hamlets

31.4%

Newcastle

upon Tyne

Detail

above

Areas of London, along with Knowsley, Merseyside, have the highest rates of free school meals among secondary school children

36.5%

Knowsley

37.3%

Tower

Hamlets

More than 30% of children in primary schools in Tower Hamlets and Newcastle claim free school meals

Areas of London, along with Knowsley, Merseyside, have the highest rates of free school meals among secondary school children

<10%

>30%

Pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals

36.5%

Knowsley

31.8%

Tower

Hamlets

37.3%

Tower

Hamlets

31.4%

Newcastle

upon Tyne

Detail

above

Guardian graphic. Source: Department for Education report: Schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2019, updated 20 August. Note: data refers to state-funded primary and secondary schools in England