HC Deb 29 June 1925 vol 185 cc2045-6W
Mr. RENNIE SMITH

asked the President of the Board of Education the approximate numbers of boys and girls who are attending elementary, secondary, and other schools, respectively, in the constituency of Penistone; and what is the number of boys and girls who are in their fourteenth year of age?

Lord E. PERCY

The number of pupils attending grant-aided elementary, secondary and technical schools situated in the constituency of Penistone, in 1924, was as follows:

Elementary schools (on 31st March, 1924).
Total numbers:
Boys 5,772
Girls 5,659
Total 11,431

Total aged 13 and under 14:
Boys 538
Girls 557
Total 1,095

Secondary school — The Penistone Grammar School (on 31st March, 1924).

Total numbers:
Boys 152
Girls 139
Total 291

Total aged 13 and under 14:
Boys 32
Girls 27
Total 59

Technical, etc., schools (pupils up to the age of 18):
Total numbers:
Boys 411
Girls 218
Total 629

Total aged 13 and under 14;
Boys 1
Girls 3
Total 4

The above figures for technical, etc., schools include all students who attended at any time during the school year, 1923–24.