§ Mr. Simon Mahonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many Bootle girls now attend Mater Mis-ericordiae High School, Maricourt Comprehensive; how many will be transferred to this school this year; and what provision is to be made for further Bootle girls to be admitted to Maricourt this year and next year.
§ Miss BaconThree hundred and seventy-six Bootle girls at present attend the Mater Misericordiae School. Final decisions have not yet been taken on the number of Bootle girls to be transferred this year to Maricourt Comprehensive, which will come into being in September by the amalgamation of Mater Misericordiae and St. Paul's schools. Subsequent admissions of Bootle girls will be arranged by the Governors and the Lancashire and Bootle Authorities.
§ Mr. Simon Mahonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, if all girls from Bootle and Lancashire Local 174W Education Authorities to be transferred to Maricourt comprehensive school this year have had to pass selection examinations.
§ Miss BaconLancashire pupils have been allocated to this school without selection, in accordance with that authority's approved scheme for the reorganisation of Roman Catholic schools in Division II. The allocation of pupils from Bootle is on the basis of that authority's current selection procedure. I understand that the school governors are reviewing the applications of some selected pupils who were not offered places in the original allocation.