HC Deb 11 December 1947 vol 445 cc1174-5
29. Mrs. Manning

asked the Minister of Education to state, for those direct grant grammar schools which have a junior department or junior forms, the percentage of entrants to the senior schools last September which came from the junior section of the schools.

Mr. Tomlinson

31.6 per cent.

Mrs. Manning

Is my right hon. Friend satisfied that the standard of entrance for children from junior departments of these schools is exactly the same as in the case of children from ordinary schools?

Mr. Tomlinson

In the main, I am satisfied, but if my hon. Friend has any particulars which show that there is some room for doubt, I shall be pleased to look into them.