HC Deb 05 December 1950 vol 482 cc50-1W
Commander Noble

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number of vacancies, the number of candidates, the number who failed in the written examination, the number who failed in the interview and the number appointed as cadets in the forthcoming January entry under the new Dartmouth Scheme; and if he will give a list of successful candidates' schools.

25 Mr. J. Callaghan

Details of the January, 1951, entry under the new Dartmouth Scheme are given below:

ENTRIES TO DARTMOUTH UNDER NEW SCHEME OF ENTRY AT AGE 16 (JANUARY, 1951 ENTRY)
Number of vacancies
Executive Branch 13
Engineering Branch 11
Supply and Secretariat Branch 3
Total 27
Number entered as cadets
Executive Branch 13
Engineering Branch 9
Supply and Secretariat Branch 3
Total 25
Number of applicants 188
Number who sat the examination 181
Number who failed the examination 124
Number who failed the interview 31
Medically unfit 1

List of schools ofsuccessful candidates

Belmont Abbey School, Bishop's Stortford College, Borden Grammar School, Clacton County High School, Collyer's School, H.M.S. Conway, Downside School, Dulwich College, Epsom County Grammar School, Eton College, Felstead School, George Washington High School, U.S.A., Gillingham County Grammar School, Hyndland Senior Secondary School, Glasgow, King William's College, Isle of Man, King's College School, Wimbledon, Manchester Grammar School, Melville College, Edinburgh, Millfield School, Street, Somerset, Moseley Hall Grammar School, Nautical College, Pangbourne, Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Taunton School, Torquay Boys' Grammar School, Wintringham Grammar School.

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