HC Deb 18 April 1935 vol 300 cc2007-8W
Mr. MORGAN JONES

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education how many grant-aided secondary schools provide 100 per cent. special places and in what areas such schools are situated?

Mr. RAMSBOTHAM

The number of secondary schools in England and Wales where the award of 100 per cent. special places at the beginning of the school year 1934–35 has been approved is shown in the following table:

Area. Number of school
ENGLAND.
Counties.
Durham 20
Essex 26
Isle of Wight 2
Middlesex 48
Wilts (including Swindon 3) 13
County Boroughs.
Barrow-in-Furness 2
Birmingham 18
Bolton 1
Bradford 10
Burnley 2
Doncaster 2
East Ham 2
Huddersfield 4
Manchester 8
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 4
Norwich 2
Nottingham 3
Oldham 1
Plymouth 4
Portsmouth 4
Sheffield 5
Smethwick 2
Stoke-on-Trent 3
Warrington 2
Total (England) 188
Wales.
Counties.
Brecon 6
Caernarvonshire 4
Glamorgan (including Rhondda 4) 32
Monmouthshire 15
Area. Number of Schools.
County Boroughs.
Cardiff 9
Merthyr Tydfil 4
Swansea 6
Newport 2
Total (Wales) 78
Total (ENGLAND AND WALES) 266.

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