§ Sir E. Boyleasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will state the total numbers of pupils, the numbers of boarding pupils, and the percentage of pupils, respectively, in each of the following categories of schools, at the most recent date for which figures are available, namely, maintained primary and secondary schools, direct grant schools, all
(1) (2) (3) (4) All pupils (numbers) As a percentage of pupils in all schools Boarded As a percentage of pupils in these schools 1955 Maintained primary schools 4,600,862 63.9 487 — Maintained secondary schools 1,914,814 26.6 7,655 0.4 Maintained primary and secondary schools 6,515,676 90.5 8,142 0.1 Direct grant grammar schools 89,487 1.2 7,928 8.9 Other direct grant schools 11,823 0.2 n.a. n.a. All independent schools 510,652* 7.1 n.a. n.a. Independent schools recognised as efficient 258,947 3.6 107,777 41.6 Other independent schools 251,705* 3.5 n.a. n.a. All schools, including maintained nursery and special schools 7,199,492* 100.0 n.a. n.a. 1960 Maintained primary schools 4,201,123 55.1 301 — Maintained secondary schools 2,723,158 35.7 9,418 0.3 Maintained primary and secondary schools 6,924,281 90.9 9,719 0.1 Direct grant grammar schools 108,663 1.4 8,978 8.3 Other direct grant schools 11,675 0.2 n.a. n.a. All independent schools 496,807 6.5 139,730 28.1 Independent schools recognised as efficient 294,286 3.9 121,757 41.4 Other independent schools 202,521 2.7 17,973 8.9 All schools including maintained nursery and special schools 7,619,814 100.0 n.a. n.a. 1966 Maintained primary schools 4,366,372 55.6 218 — Maintained secondary schools 2,816,793 35.9 10,793 0.4 Maintained primary and secondary schools 7,183,165 91.5 11,011 0.2 Direct grant grammar schools 114,919 1.5 9,327 8.1 Other direct grant schools 11,047 0.1 9,062 82.0 All independent schools 449,776 5.7 132,608 29.5 Independent schools recognised as efficient 308,898 3.9 122,838 39.8 Other independent schools 140,878 1.8 9,770 6.9 All schools including maintained nursery and special schools 7,850,262 100.0 175,185 2.2 * Estimated. "Separate figures are not kept by my Department in respect of public schools. But under the definition provided in the terms of reference of the Public Schools Commission, the number of public schools in England and Wales in February, 1966 was 276, containing 107, 120 pupils of whom 62,292 (58.2 per cent.) were boarders".
NOTE
The definition of a "public school" for the purpose of the Commission is "any independent school currently in membership of:
(i) the Headmasters' Conference
(ii) the Governing Bodies' Association
or (iii) the Governing Bodies of Girls' Schools Association."