HC Deb 23 January 1969 vol 776 cc153-4W
Mr. Arnold Shaw

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science which authorities in the Greater London area have not yet abolished selection at 11 years of age.

Miss Bacon

The following authorities still operate selection at 11 in some form or to some extent:

I.L.E.A. Hillingdon
Barking Kingston-upon-Thames
Barnet
Bexley Merton
Bromley Newham
Croydon Redbridge
Ealing Richmond-upon-Thames
Harrow
Havering Sutton

but of these, seven have plans approved for the future elimination of selection:

Barking Havering
Barnet Merton
Bromley Redbridge
Croydon

and I am now considering proposals for Newham. In the I.L.E.A. 18 per cent. of the age group enter selective secondary schools but, under approved plans, the authority propose to reduce this to 10 per cent by 1975.