Grammar School Places

HC Deb 02 April 1984 vol 57 cc403-4W

Mr. Beggs

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the numbers and percentage of pupils who qualified for grammar school places in (a) controlled primary schools and (b) maintained primary schools in each of the last five years in Northern Ireland.

Mr. Scott

The grades obtained by pupils in the transfer procedure which enabled them to be considered for a non-fee-paying place in a grammar school are as follows:

School Year	Type of School	Grade "A"	Grade "M"
		No.	Per cent.	No.	Per cent.
1983–84	Controlled Primary	2,472	44.16	1,281	47.43
	Maintained Primary	2,788	49.80	1,279	47.35
	Preparatory Department of Grammar	328	5.83	135	5.00
	Voluntary Primary (non-maintained)	10	0.18	6	0.22
	Total	5,598	100.00	2,701	100.00
1982–83	Controlled Primary	2,597	46.16	1,285	47.54
	Maintained Primary	2,697	47.94	1,277	47.24
	Preparatory Department of Grammar	328	5.86	141	5.22
	Voluntary Primary (non-maintained)	4	0.07	—	—
	Total	5,626	100.00	2,703	100.00
1981–82	Controlled Primary	2,757	47.30	1,419	50.19
	Maintained Primary	2,709	46.47	1,218	43.09

School Year	Type of School	Grade "A"	Grade "M"
		No.	Per cent.	No.	Per cent.
	Preparatory Department of Grammar	354	6.07	188	6.65
	Voluntary Primary (non-maintained)	9	0.16	2	0.07
	Total	5,829	100.00	2,827	100.00
1980–81	Controlled Primary	2,719	46.81	1,322	48.27
	Maintained Primary	2,685	46.23	1,277	46.62
	Preparatory Department of Grammar	396	6.82	137	5.00
	Voluntary Primary (non-maintained)	8	0.14	3	0.11
	Total	5,808	100.00	2,739	100.00
		Grade "P"	Grade "R"
		No.	Per cent.	No.	Per cent.
1979–80	Controlled Primary	1,828	47.26	3,078	47.55
	Maintained Primary	1,813	46.87	3,083	47.63
	Preparatory Department of Grammar	224	5.79	298	4.60
	Voluntary Primary (non-maintained)	3	0.08	14	0.22
	Total	3,868	100.00	6,473	100.00

Notes:

Year 1979–80: Grade P—Top 15 per cent. of the total transfer age group.

Grade R—Next 25 per cent. of the total transfer age group.

Year 1980–81:—Grade A—Top 20 per cent. of the total transfer age group.

onwards:—Grade M—Next 10 per cent. of the total transfer age group.

Mr. Beggs

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he is satisfied that there are adequate grammar school places for qualified pupils in the north-eastern education and library board area.

Mr. Scott

Yes.