The education charity analysed National Foundation for EducationResearch data and found that the proportion of pupils eligible for freeschool meals at the 200 highest performing comprehensives is 5.6 percent, compared with a 11.5 per cent in local schools and 14.3 per centin all secondary schools.
Schools with control over their admissions are even more sociallyexclusive with 5.8 per cent of pupils eligible for school meals,compared to 13.7 per cent of children in their local area.
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