§ 44. Mr. Raphael Tuckasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether the Hertfordshire education authority agreed with the governors of the Watford grammar schools, on their being taken into controlled status, that only pupils of high academic ability should be admitted.
§ Miss BaconThe admission of pupils is governed by the articles of government which were made in 1948 and which include a provision that the local education authority shall determine which candidates are qualified for admission by reason of their having attained a sufficient educational standard. I understand that the local education authority have no knowledge of any specific agreement of the kind referred to, though the schools are of course at present selective in their intake. Under the reorganisation plan for the county, which was approved last month, the schools will in due course become comprehensive.