§ Sir Geoffrey Finsbergasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many state schools in (a) England and (b) Wales teach as a compulsory subject Latin or Greek.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe information is not available in the form requested. However, the following data from the 1984 secondary school staffing survey show, for each year group, the number of schools in a sample of about 10 per cent. of schools in England which taught classics as either a compulsory or an optional subject. Provision in schools in Wales is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
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Year group Number of schools with classics Number of schools in sample Per cent. of schools in sample with classics 1 56 3,683 1.5 2 598 3,982 15 3 917 3,642 25 4 948 3,621 26 5 949 3,625 26 6th Form 671 2,295 29