HC Deb 05 December 1963 vol 685 cc207-8W
48. Mr. Willey

asked the Minister of Education what has been the number of

NUMBER OF PUPILS AGED 15 (AND 16) IN MODERN AND ALL-AGE SCHOOLS EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE NUMBER OF PUPILS AGED 13 IN SUCH SCHOOLS TWO (AND THREE) YEARS EARLIER
— January, 1958 January, 1959 January, 1960 January, 1961 January, 1962 January, 1963
15 year-olds (as percentage of 13 year-olds two years earlier) 8.5 10.4 12.5 13.6 17.5 20.7
16 year-olds (as percentage of 13 year-olds three years earlier) 1.2 1.6 2.0 2.6 3.3 5.1

I shall continue to give particular attention, when school building programmes are compiled, to the needs of pupils expected to remain at school for extended courses, and I also expect the new Cer-

first appointments made in primary schools this year.

Mr. Chataway

6,548 trained teachers took up their first permanent appointment in primary schools, between April and September, 1963.