§ 14. Mr. Brooksasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what advice or instructions he proposes to give local education authorities on the problems entailed for children who, in transferring from one area to another, pass from one form of comprehensive secondary education to another.
§ Mr. RedheadNone, Sir. They have considerable experience of dealing with problems of greater difficulty under existing arrangements.
§ Mr. BrooksDoes my hon. Friend agree that, among the schemes suggested in Circular 10/65, some are perhaps a good deal more comprehensive than others, and will he agree, also, that real difficulties may be experienced by adolescent pupils, for example, who transfer from a Leicestershire-type scheme to a Doncaster-type scheme?
§ Mr. RedheadI am reasonably confident that the introduction of comprehensive education will make it generally easier to deal with children of secondary school age who move from one area to another, despite some shades of difference between the degree of comprehension which may exist in different areas. 1633 Certainly, the local education authorities have bigger problems now in catering for children who may transfer from one area with a tripartite system to one which has a comprehensive system.