§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Minister of Education what is the present number of secondary schools classed, respectively, as grammar schools, technical schools and modern schools; and what is the proportion in each of these categories of graduate teachers.
§ Miss WilkinsonIn January, 1946, there were 4,366 maintained secondary schools in England and Wales. 1,199 of these were classed as grammar schools, 324 as technical schools and 2,843 as modern schools. The percentage of graduate teachers in the three groups of schools at 31st March, 1946, was 79 per cent., 49 per cent. and 15 per cent. respectively. These figures are provisional.