§ Sir JAMES YOXALLasked the President of the Board of Education whether he can state the number of secondary schools which received grants on the higher scale under the regulations for 1907, the total number of pupils, newly admitted pupils, ex-public elementary
Table showing, for schools which received the higher rate of grant for 1907–8, at the beginning of the school year (a) The total number of pupils. (b) The number of pupils newly admitted. (c) The total number of free ex-public elementary school pupils. (d) The number of free ex-public elementary school pupils newly admitted. (e) The amount of grant paid to those schools for 1907–8. (f) The estimated amount which would have been paid if they had received the lower rate of grant.
Group of Schools. Number of Schools which received the Higher Rate of Grant. Number of Pupils. Number of Free Ex. P.E.S. Pupils. Amount of Grant paid on Higher Scale. Estimated amount which would have been payable on Lower Scale. Total number. No. newly admitted. Total number. No. newly admitted. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) £ s. d. £ s. d. Council Schools 238 46,665 16,038 16,874 7,482 1199,888 4 4 103,136 10 0 Girls' Public Day Schools 1 84 17 15 8 275 0 0 137 10 0 Roman Catholic Schools 28 3,651 653 461 282 12,086 0 0 6,356 0 0 Foundation and other Schools 379 58,066 10,487 15,037 4,996 211,035 13 4 108,074 10 0 Total 646 108,466 27,195 32,387 12,768 423,284 17 8 217,704 10 0 NOTE.—The figures entered in columns (3) and (4) include bursars, but exclude pupil teachers. The figures entered in columns (5) and (8) exclude both bursars and pupil teachers. The figures entered in column (6) include all ex-public elementary school pupils to whom free places were awarded, and not merely the number necessary to meet the requirement under Article 20.