Direct Grant Grammar Schools with Lower Schools (Admissions to Upper Schools)

HC Deb 03 August 1965 vol 717 cc281-2W

Mr. Newens

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many pupils were admitted to the secondary departments of direct grant schools with lower schools at the beginning of the last school year; and how many of these pupils came from the lower schools, how many from state primary schools, and how many from other sources.

Mr. Crosland

The following table provides the information for the 122 schools involved:

Admissions to the upper schools of direct grant grammar schools with lower schools September, 1964
Schools previously attended	No. of pupils
Grant aided primary schools	6,212
Lower schools	3,269
Other schools or no previous school	1,756
Total	11,237