§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will state the criteria used by his Department in distinguishing schools described as modern in the compilation of official statistics.
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Local Education authority Primary schools* Grammar Secondary schools Comprehensive Modern All Secondary schools Barking … … … … 22.7 — 15.6 — 15.6 Barnet … … … … 22.2 15.9 15.6 16.2 15.7 Bexley … … … … 25.8 16.4 17.3 17.3 17.1 Brent … … … … 20.4 — 14.7 — 14.7 Bromley … … … … 26.0 16.9 16.8 16.7 16.8 Croydon … … … … 23.7 15.7 16.9 17.8 16.9 Ealing† … … … … 21.4 — 16.0 — 16.0 Enfield … … … … 25.8 17.0 17.3 — 17.3 Haringey … … … … 22.5 — 16.3 — 16.3 Harrow† … … … … 23.3 14.2 14.8 — 14.8 Havering … … … … 25.2 14.9 17.5 15.5 17.3 Hillingdon … … … … 23.2 — 16.3 — 16.3 Hounslow … … … … 22.4 15.4 15.8 — 15.7 Kingston-upon-Thames … … 22.3 16.1 — 16.5 16.4 Merton‡ … … … … 22.5 — 15.2 — 17.9 Newham … … … … 22.6 — 16.6 — 16.6 Redbridge … … … … 24.7 16.3 17.6 13.2 17.4 Richmond-upon-Thames§ … 23.4 — 18.2 18.3 18.2 Sutton … … … … 25.5 16.5 17.5 17.5 17.2 Waltham Forest … … … 22.8 — 14.8 — 14.8 Inner London … … … 19.2 13.9 15.1 — 15.1 Birmingham† … … … 24.2 16.2 16.6 — 16.6 Coventry … … … … 24.2 — 16.2 — 16.2
§ Dr. BoysonModern schools are secondary schools for pupils who, under a selective system, are considered to receive the education best suited to their needs in such schools rather than in grammar or technical schools.