§ Mr. Simon Mahonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many children who attended preparatory schools outside Bootle and who passed the Bootle eleven-plus examination in the last 15 years, have been allowed to attend grammar schools outside the boundaries of Bootle with financial assistance from Bootle Education Committee; and how many of these children attended Bootle primary schools for two years continuously before taking the eleven-plus examination;
(2) how many children who attended preparatory schools inside Bootle and who passed the 11-plus examination in the last 15 years, have been allowed to attend grammar schools outside the boundaries of Bootle with financial aid from Bootle Education Committee; and how many of these children attended Bootle primary schools continuously for two years before taking the 11-plus examination.
§ Miss BaconThis information is not available.
§ Mr. Simon Mahonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many pupils who have passed the 11-plus examination in the county borough of Bootle have now been awarded places this year in Bootle Grammar School for Boys, Bootle Grammar School for Girls, Maricort Comprehensive School for Girls, Salesian College for Boys, St. Mary's College Grammar for Boys, Merchant Taylor's Crosby for Boys, Merchant Taylor's Crosby for Girls and other grammar schools, respectively.
§ Miss BaconThe information is as follows:
Bootle Grammar (Boys) 74 Bootle Grammar (Girls) 120* Maricourt Comprehensive 66 Salesian College 85 St. Mary's College 6 Merchant Taylor's Crosby (Boys) 6 Merchant Taylor's Crosby (Girls) 3 St. Edmund's Church of England Grammar 3 Seafield Roman Catholic Grammar 6 * Includes 27 girls whose parents' first choice was the Maricourt Comprehensive School. Replies are awaited from the parents of three children also offered places in this school.
§ Mr. Simon Mahonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how 163W many girls who have passed the 11-plus examination this year in the county borough of Bootle have not been placed in schools of their parents' choice; and how many will be placed in a grammar stream in a modern secondary school in Bootle.
§ Miss BaconThe answer to the first part of the question is 67, of whom so far 64 have accepted grammar school places. The local education authority await replies from the parents of three children who, with others, were offered the choice of places either at Bootle Grammar School for Girls or in a grammar stream which it is proposed to establish in a Roman Catholic Secondary Modern School.