§ Mr. Sydney Irvingasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education how many children in grammar schools entered for the General Certificate of Education at ordinary level in each of the last five years; and how many of these gained five passes or less, giving the numbers successful at each number of passes.
§ Sir E. BoyleThe numbers of children in maintained and grant-aided grammar218W schools who entered for the General Certificate of Education in each of the last five years were:
I cannot distinguish between children taking papers at ordinary level only, at advanced level only or at both ordinary and advanced levels; and candidates may take different subjects at the same level in different years. I regret that I have not the information necessary to answer the last part of the Question.
1952 … … 124,430 1953 … … 145,847 1954 … … 144,362 1955 … … 150,034 1956 … … 156,000 (provisional)