Children in Sunderland who get free school meals have less chance of doing well in their GCSEs than their peers, according to Government figuresDocuments obtained from the Department for Education and Skills show only one in 10 Wearside pupils on free school meals got five GCSEs A*-C, including English and maths, in 2005. This compares to a success rate of one-in-four for pupils who pay for their meals. There is also a gap in success in further education success between those who pay for their meals and those who don't. Teacher and Tory councillor Robert Oliver, the Sunderland Conservatives' spokesman on education, said the figures showed the education system wasn't doing enough for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. He said: "Children with homes with books and an educational environment in them are going to do better, and there's the thing that children of teachers do best of all."