§ Mr. Hobdenasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science why eligible children living in Woodingdean, Brighton, are not able to attend the new Longhill County Secondary School in Woodingdean; when zoning for this school was introduced; how many new primary, secondary and grammar schools have been built in Brighton during the post-war period; and how many of these have proved to be inadequate for the numbers of children wanting to attend those schools.
§ Mr. CroslandI understand from the Brighton Local Education. Authority that the number of applicants for places at Longhill Secondary School exceeds the accommodation available; 37 children living in the northern part of Woodingdean have been offered a choice of seven other secondary schools for September 1965. Zoning was introduced when the Longhill school was opened in 1963. Ten new primary schools and four new secondary schools, including one grammar school, have been built in Brighton since 31W 1945. Accommodation at new schools is related to the estimated number of children requiring places, but since new secondary schools with modern facilities attract pupils from a wide area it has been necessary to introduce zoning.