§ Sir GEORGE TOULMINasked the President of the Board of Education whether he can supply figures showing the secondary and elementary school accommodation in the county borough of Bury in 1903 and on 1st January, 1912, distinguishing places and numbers on register in council schools, Nonconformist and Undenominational schools, Church of England schools, and Roman Catholic schools at each date?
Mr. PEASEsupplied the following particulars:—
SECONDARY SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION. Name.(1) Accommodation. (2) No. on Register. (3) 1903 The Grammar School (Boys) … … 180 173 1912 The Grammar School (Boys) … … 225 179 The Grammar School (Girls) … … 210 190 Municipal Secondary School (Boys and Girls) … … 325 146 The Convent High School (Girls) … … 182 137 The figures in the third column relate to the 1st October, 1911.
Under the statutory scheme by which the two grammar schools are regulated they have to provide Church of England religions instruction, subject to the usual Conscience Clause. The Convent High School is a Roman Catholic School.
ACCOMMODATION IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. Council. Nonconformist and Undenominational. Church of England. Roman Catholic. Total. Accommodation. No. on Register. Accommodation. No. on Register. Accommodation. No. on Register. Accommodation. No. on Register. Accommodation No. on Register. 1903 — — 5,183 8,495 6,187 4,096 1,841 1,242 13,211 8,883 1912 1,800 1,320 2,030 2,034 6,596 4,820 1,292 959 11,718 9,133 The actual accommodation recognised on 1st January, 1912, is shown above. The remaining figures in the Table relate to the statistical years ending 31st July, 1903, and 31st July, 1911.