§ MR. YOXALL (Nottingham, W.)I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education whether infants' schools, where the majority of 1191 the children are from three to six years old, come within the meaning of paragraph 5 (g) of the instructions to inspectors; whether the term "plan of work" means the division of the subjects taught into parts, each part to be allotted to a defined period of time; and, if infants' schools are comprised within the meaning of the said paragraph, does the part referring to periodical examinations apply to such schools?
§ SIR J. GORSTParagraph 5 (g) of the instructions was not intended to apply to infants' schools. The answer to the second paragraph of the Question, is in the affirmative.