Tower Hamlets had the highest proportion of its secondary students taking up free school meals at 45.9 per cent, followed by Islington, Westminster, Southwark and Newham.
Rutland is the top-tier council with the lowest proportion of secondary pupils claiming free school meals with 3.3 per cent, followed by Wokingham, Buckinghamshire, Wiltshire, and Surrey.
Similarly, in maintained nurseries and primary schools, all of the five authorities that have the highest proportion of free school meal uptake in England are in the capital. Islington comes at the top of the table with 43.5 per cent, followed by Newham, Tower Hamlets, Camden and Hammersmith and Fulham.
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