§ 53. Mr. George Gardinerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether a pupil at present at a maintained school who wishes to follow a course leading to general certificate of education A-level in a minority subject, such as Latin or Greek, will be able to transfer to an independent school offering assisted places, if such courses are not available in the local maintained schools.
§ Dr. BoysonThe draft regulations which my right hon. and learned Friend hopes to lay before Parliament before the Summer Recess will include provisions which will allow transfers from maintained schools to assisted places at sixth form level where sixth form admissions are provided for in the school's participation agreement, the school is prepared to offer the pupil an assisted place and the local education authority maintaining the school the pupil is currently attending gives its agreement either generally or in a particular case.