§ 48. Mr. O'DONNELLasked the President of the Board of Education the number of public secondary schools in Wales for the year 1912; the number of pupils attending; the number who are taught free; the number of full-time teachers employed: the salaries paid; and the total annual cost of maintaining these schools?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. Trevelyan)The number of secondary schools in Wales—including Monmouthshire—recognised for Grant under the Regulations for Secondary Schools in the year 1911–12 was 110. On 31st January, 1912, the number of pupils on the rolls was. 15,012, the number of pupils who were taught free 6,737, and the number of full-time teachers 954. The salaries of the teachers ranged as follows:—
§ Head Teachers—
§ Men: From £184 10s. to £750; average,. £371. Women: From £130 to £583; average, £309.
§ Assistant Teachers—
§ Men: From £70 to 2300; average, £155. Women: From £30 to £220; average, £124.
§ The total cost of maintenance of the schools in the financial year 1911–12, as given in the statements of accounts rendered to the Board by the school governors was £221,600 18s. 0d.
§ 49. Mr. O'DONNELLasked the President of the Board of Education the number of council schools for England for the years 1905 and 1912, respectively; the number of teachers employed; the number of pupils on rolls; the number who are taught free; and the fees generally charged; and the number of free pupils in the various other secondary schools for 2249 the year 1912; and the conditions and amount of the Grants paid to those schools?
§ Mr. TREVELYANThe number of secondary schools on the Grant List for which local authorities were responsible in the year 1904–5 was 122, and in 1911–12, 382. In these schools in 1906–7—the first year for which figures are available—the number of full-time teachers employed was 2,870, a small number of whom would now be classified as part-time teachers, and in 1911–12 4,163; the number of pupils on the rolls in 1904–05 was 30,357, and in 1911–12, 70,458; the number of pupils who were taught free in 1906–07—the first year for which figures are available—was 15,811, and in 1911–12, 28,153; the fees in these schools ranged from £ 1s. to £17 5s. per annum. In the secondary schools on the Grant List, other than those for which local authorities were responsible, the number of free pupils in 1911–12 was 24,432. The conditions of the Grants paid to all schools on the Grant List are set out in the Board's Regulations for Secondary Schools, and the Grants paid to secondary schools, other than those for which local authorities were responsible, in respect of the school year 1911–12 amounted to £285,608 2s.