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<p>The attached table sets out the number and proportion of children on free school
meals in the 16 grammar schools that were successful in the first round of the Selective
School Expansion Fund (SSEF).</p><p>As a minimum requirement of the SSEF, schools
were required to give second priority to pupil premium children in their oversubscription
criteria. First priority in all schools must go to the admission of looked after and
previously looked after children.</p><p>The Department wants to see more pupils from
lower income backgrounds applying to, passing the test for, and being admitted to
selective schools. This is why all schools applying to the SSEF were required to commit
to taking steps to support these aims. All successful schools set out in their Fair
Access and Partnership Plans methods by which they would increase access for disadvantaged
children.</p>
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