HC Deb 11 June 1901 vol 97 cc102-3
MR. BARTLEY

I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education whether he will grant the Return on the Paper to-day, Secondary Schools (England), as an unopposed Return.†

THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Sir J. GORST,) Cambridge University

I am very sorry † The following is the Return referred to:— Return of all Secondary Schools in each borough and county in England, giving the following particulars of each School:—

  1. 1. Name of School.
  2. 2. Address.
  3. 3. In what borough or county council district.
  4. 4. Description of School, whether (a) public, private, proprietary, etc.; (b) for boys, girls, mixed, kindergarten.
  5. 5. Accommodation (a) for boarders; (b) for day pupils.
  6. 6. Number of pupils on books on the 1st day of June, 1901, (a) boarders; (b) day pupils.
  7. 7. Ages of pupils on the 1st day of June, 1901, under 7, from 7 to 8, 8 to 9, 9 to 10, 10 to 11, 11 to 12, 12 to 13, 13 to 14, 14 to 15, 15 to 16, 16 to 17, 17 to 18, above 18.
  8. 8. Name of principal or head master or mistress.
  9. 9. Qualifications of principal or head master or mistress.
  10. 10. Number of teachers (a) continuously employed on regular staff; (b) visiting staff and number of hours per week.
  11. 11. Qualifications of staff.
  12. 12. How the School is publicly examined, or in what way the education is tested.
  13. 13. What scholarships are held by the School.
  14. 14. The scale of fees charged.
  15. 15. Nature of the buildings: (1) (a) number and size of class rooms; (b) laboratories; (c) gymnasium; (d) swimming bath; (e) chapel; (f) workshops; (g) other buildings; (2) playing fields, playgrounds, etc
  16. 16. Estimated capital invested.
  17. 17. Curriculum; subjects taught, (a) compulsory, (b) optional, (c) if optional taken by how many pupils.
that it is at present impossible to grant this Return.

MR. BARTLEY

Are we to understand that the Government do not propose to take any steps to get this information in preparation for the comprehensive Education Bill of next session?

SIR J. GORST

The Government cannot get in the information asked for by the hon. Member. It would cost a very large sum of money to obtain some of it, and, indeed, they have no power to obtain it.

MR. BARTLEY

Is not some such information as this absolutely essential for the consideration of the question next year?

[No answer was returned.]