Latest free school meals data has revealed a gulf in eligible pupils at Watford primary schools.
Youngsters who attend a state-funded school and live in households with incomes of £7,500 or less are allowed the meals.
In 2020/21, the percentage of eligible pupils ranged from three per cent at Cassiobury Infant and Nursery School to almost one in four students at Leavesden JMI School.
For a full breakdown see the graph below:
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Students claiming free school meals go on to earn less than their peers on average by the age of 30 even when achieving the same level of education, according to Office for National Statistics data.
Regardless of educational attainment, half of students who claimed free school meals earned less than £17,000 annually by the time they were 30.
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The same figure was £22,717 for other state-educated pupils and £33,042 for privately educated pupils.
The data for local authority maintained schools is available online for the 2020/21 from the ONS.
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