§ 77. Mr. Edeasked the Minister of Education the number of children in elementary schools on 31st March, 1903, in the following categories of schools: board schools, Church of England and national schools, Roman Catholic schools, British schools, Methodist schools and other voluntary schools.
§ Miss HorsbrughThe average numbers of pupils recorded on the registers of public elementary schools during the year ended 31st August, 1903, were as follows:
Council or Board Schools … 2,875,709 Church of England Schools … 2,333,587 Roman Catholic Schools … 337,596 Wesleyan Schools … 157,403 British and other Schools … 263,573
§ 78. Mr. Edeasked the Minister of Education the number of children in public elementary schools on 31st March, 1944, in the following categories of 118W schools: council schools, Church of England schools, Roman Catholic schools, and other voluntary schools.
§ Miss HorsbrughNo statistics are available for the war years. During the year ended 31st March, 1938, however, the latest date prior to the 1944 Education Act for which information is available, the following numbers of pupils were recorded as being on the registers of public elementary schools maintained by local education authorities. The second column shows the numbers in January, 1946, the earliest date after the 1944 Act for which figures are available, of pupils on the registers of maintained schools, other than grammar, nursery or special schools:
— 1938 1946 Council schools 3,540,512 3,255,700 Church of England schools 1,125,497 879,600 Roman Catholic schools 377,073 338,200 Other voluntary schools 44,403 43,200
§ 79. Mr. Edeasked the Minister of Education the number of children in primary and secondary schools, other than grammar schools, on 31st March, 1952, or on the nearest date for which statistics are available, in the following categories of schools: county schools, Church of England voluntary aided schools, Church of England controlled schools, Church of England special agreement schools, Roman Catholic voluntary aided schools, Roman Catholic controlled schools, Roman Catholic special agreement schools and other voluntary schools, distinguishing in this last category between voluntary aided, controlled and special agreement schools.
§ Miss HorsbrughIn January, 1952, of the pupils on the registers of maintained or transitionally assisted schools, other than grammar, nursery or special schools, 4,065,435 were in county schools, 964,984 in Church of England schools, 398,014 in Roman Catholic schools and 35,237 in other voluntary schools. Information showing the number of pupils on the registers of voluntary schools of different categories is not available: an appreciable proportion of voluntary schools have not yet had their status determined.