§ Mr. SHORTasked the President of the Board of Education to which secondary schools the children attending the elementary schools of Wednesbury, Tipton and Darlaston, respectively, are entitled to go; and will he state the precise conditions which govern their admission?
Mr. WOOD:Appended is a table showing the grant - aided secondary schools at which pupils from Wednesbury, Tipton and Darlaston were in attendance as day scholars on the 31st March, 1922, together with the numbers, separately stated for each area, who were then in attendance at each of the schools. I could not summarise within the limits of question and answer the precise conditions governing the admission of pupils to all the schools named in the list. The 739W general conditions of admission to grant-aided schools as prescribed by the Board are set out in the Appendix to the Regulation
Number of pupils residing in Darlaston Urban District, Tipton Urban District, and Wednesbury Borough, who were attending neighbouring grant-earning secondary schools on 31st March, 1922 Secondary School Darlaston Tipton Wednesbury Staffordshire— Bilston Girls' High School … … … 16 2 15 Walshall— Grammar School … … … 16 — 34 High School for Girls … … … 5 2 22 West Bromwich — Municipal Secondary School … … … 1 9 8 Wolverhampton — Convent of Mercy High School … … … 1 1 3 Girls' High School … … … 4 1 3 Grammar School … … … 4 — 2 Municipal Secondary School … … … 1 — — Birmingham— Five Ways. King Edward VI. Grammar School for Boys. 1 — 1 Handsworth, King Edward VI. Grammar School for Girls — — 8 King Edward VI. High School for Boys … … — 4 3 Handsworth Grammar School … … … — — 1 St. Paul's Secondary School … … … — — 3 St. Philip's Grammar School … … … — 3 2 Worcestershire— Oldbury Secondary School … … … — 18 — Dudley— Grammar School … … … — 86 6 Girls' High School … … … — 78 1 Total … … … 49 204 112