Not a Single Gcse for Nearly Half of Uk's Poorest Children ; 189 the Number of Pupils in Britain Receiving Free School Meals Who Gained Three a-Levels at Grade a 175 Number of Pupils at Eton Who Gained Three a-Levels at Grade A

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NEARLY half of all children from families on benefits or low incomes fail to achieve a single GCSE C grade, the minimum level regarded as a pass by most employers, it was revealed last night.

New official figures show that of the 75,000 GCSE-age pupils who received free school meals last year, a total of 31,647 - just over 42 per cent - did not get a C or above in any subject.

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Not a Single Gcse for Nearly Half of Uk's Poorest Children ; 189 the Number of Pupils in Britain Receiving Free School Meals Who Gained Three a-Levels at Grade a 175 Number of Pupils at Eton Who Gained Three a-Levels at Grade A

The picture is repeated at A levels, too, with just 189 of the 13,000 children who achieved three grade As coming from this group. By contras...

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