HC Deb 31 May 1965 vol 713 cc162-3W
Mr. Robert Sheldon

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science why the proportion of children who obtain grammar school places is much lower in Ashton-under-Lyne than in Droylsden or Mossley.

Mr. Crosland

Variations of this kind between different areas and also in the same area between different years are inherent in the selective system and it is not practicable to try and identify the reasons in particular instances.

Mr. Barnett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the numbers and percentages of children obtaining grammar school places in each of the primary schools in the urban district of Whitworth for the last 10 years.

Mr. Crosland

This information is not available. I understand from the local education authority that it does not publish it.