§ Dr. Broughtonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children, aged up to the limit of compulsory education, are attending schools in Batley and Morley, respectively; and how many above that age are receiving full-time education in each of the two boroughs.
§ Mr. HoggThe table below shows the number of pupils in Batley and Morley schools, in January, 1963:
— Number of schools Number of pupils Aged 2–14 Aged 15 and over Batley Maintained primary and secondary schools 25 5,830 574 Nursery and special schools 1 20 — Total 26 5,850 574 Morley Maintained primary and secondary schools 31 5,890 355 Nursery and special schools 1 40 — Independent schools 1 54 — Total 33 5,984 355 In addition, a number of students from Batley and Morley were enrolled in the Dewsbury and Batley Technical and Art College which, in the educational year 1962–63, had 332 students aged 15–17 enrolled in full-time and sandwich courses.
§ Dr. Broughtonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children, leaving primary schools in the summer of 1963, proceeded to grammar schools, and how many proceeded to secondary modern schools in Batley and Morley, respectively.
§ Mr. HoggI understand from the local education authority that, of 530 pupils who left primary schools in Batley, 397 went to secondary modern and 133 to grammar schools. The corresponding figures for Morley were 356 to modern and 138 to grammar schools, a total of 494. The grammar school figures include a small number of pupils who went to independent schools.