Co-educational Schools

HC Deb 26 March 1970 vol 798 cc475-8W

Mr. Coe

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what percentage of state secondary schools in each local authority, listed separately, was co-educational in 1969;

(2) what percentage of the total number of children attending state secondary schools in each local education authority, listed separately, was attending coeducational schools in 1969.

Miss Bacon

The figures for maintained secondary schools and pupils at January, 1969. The figures are as follows:

	Maintained Secondary Schools
Local Education Authority	Percentage of schools which are co-educational	Percentage of pupils attending co-educational schools
ENGLAND
Counties
Bedfordshire	88.2	88.3
Berkshire	62.3	64.4
Buckinghamshire	65.7	64.7
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely	48.7	44.7
Cheshire	33.3	32.7
Cornwall	81.3	83.3
Cumberland	87.9	86.2
Derbyshire	79.3	82.6
Devon	92.5	95.1
Dorset	61.9	64.5
Durham	95.0	95.6
Essex	74.5	81.3

	Maintained Secondary Schools
Local Education Authority	Percentage of schools which are co-educational	Percentage of pupils attending co-educational schools
Gloucestershire	72.3	76.0
Hampshire	70.5	68.3
Herefordshire	81.0	78.2
Hertfordshire	71.4	75.1
Huntingdon and Peterborough	66.7	68.1
Isle of Wight	80.0	81.6
Isles of Scilly	100.0	100.0
Kent	35.6	37.5
Lancashire	70.8	71.4
Leicestershire	91.1	92.0
Lincolnshire—
Holland	46.7	36.0
Kesteven	73.9	72.7
Lindsey	86.8	89.3
Norfolk	65.5	68.0
Northamptonshire	65.9	65.8
Northumberland	82.7	86.3
Nottinghamshire	73.6	76.1
Oxfordshire	92.6	96.3
Rutland	75.0	83.0
Shropshire	51.1	52.0
Somerset	76.8	79.8
Staffordshire	73.0	76.1
Suffolk, East	90.6	88.5
Suffolk, West	61.1	55.4
Surrey	59.1	62.5
Sussex, East	71.1	75.8
Sussex, West	52.6	57.0
Warwickshire	66.2	67.8
Westmorland	54.5	50.5
Wiltshire	72.1	73.3
Worcestershire	72.3	76.0
Yorkshire—
East Riding	81.0	85.5
North Riding	74.4	76.3
West Riding	88.9	92.1
County Boroughs
Barnsley	80.0	74.3
Barrow-in-Furness	33.3	33.0
Bath	20.0	9.9
Birkenhead	5.0	2.5
Birmingham	46.7	52.3
Blackburn	60.0	76.9
Blackpool	41.7	48.7
Bolton	71.4	84.8
Bootle	25.0	30.7
Bournemouth	33.3	32.5
Bradford	59.0	65.1
Brighton	43.8	47.9
Bristol	71.9	83.4
Burnley	10.0	9.4
Burton-upon-Trent	75.0	74.0
Bury	100.0	100.0
Canterbury	42.9	49.2
Carlisle	83.3	85.5
Chester	42.9	40.8
Coventry	43.3	44.6
Darlington	60.0	67.8
Derby	51.7	59.9
Dewsbury	55.6	66.1
Doncaster	50.0	55.8
Dudley	63.0	70.5
Eastbourne	66.7	62.9

	Maintained Secondary Schools
Local Education Authority	Percentage of schools which are co-educational	Percentage of pupils attending co-educational schools
Exeter	11.1	7.3
Gateshead	100.0	100.0
Gloucester	20.0	22.0
Great Yarmouth	80.0	76.2
Grimsby	41.7	58.9
Halifax	84.6	87.9
Hartlepool	37.5	46.8
Hastings	—	—
Huddersfield	71.4	73.2
Ipswich	60.0	68.1
Kingston upon Hull	55.6	66.9
Leeds	30.0	35.1
Leicester	34.4	36.5
Lincoln	16.7	11.8
Liverpool	34.0	43.7
Luton	80.0	85.8
Manchester	63.3	69.4
Newcastle upon Tyne	52.9	72.9
Northampton	33.3	31.4
Norwich	69.2	67.1
Nottingham	66.7	65.5
Oldham	100.0	100.0
Oxford	78.6	71.9
Plymouth	68.6	65.4
Portsmouth	12.5	19.1
Preston	81.8	86.1
Reading	42.9	34.2
Rochdale	100.0	100.0
Rotherham	88.9	91.9
St. Helens	60.0	64.7
Salford	33.3	41.1
Sheffield	68.5	66.9
Solihull	30.8	25.0
Southampton	54.5	58.4
Southend-on-Sea	5.9	5.8
Southport	37.5	32.4
South Shields	57.1	59.6
Stockport	56.3	52.1
Stoke-on-Trent	75.7	78.9
Sunderland	88.0	92.7
Teesside	75.9	79.3
Torbay	50.0	54.8
Tynemouth	33.3	39.7
Wakefield	100.0	100.0
Wallasey	18.8	23.6
Walsall	81.8	86.9
Warley	36.4	40.4
Warrington	14.3	9.2
West Bromwich	76.5	85.1
Wigan	6.7	3.9
Wolverhampton	57.6	71.0
Worcester	50.0	47.8
York	52.9	49.6
Inner London	28.7	32.3
Outer London Boroughs
Barking	60.9	69.7
Barnet	51.5	54.3
Bexley	36.8	49.5
Brent	60.9	70.2
Bromley	6.1	6.1
Croydon	41.0	40.7
Ealing	50.0	63.9
Enfield	73.9	73.9
Haringey	56.3	63.0
Harrow	35.0	38.8

	Maintained Secondary Schools
Local Education Authority	Percentage of schools which are co-educational	Percentage of pupils attending co-educational schools
Havering	66.7	73.0
Hillingdon	73.9	74.6
Hounslow	60.0	70.8
Kingston upon Thames	21.4	17.5
Merton	18.2	14.2
Newham	35.7	32.7
Redbridge	35.7	33.5
Richmond upon Thames	42.1	44.5
Sutton	46.7	39.8
Waltham Forest	55.6	54.7
WALES
Counties
Anglesey	100.0	100.0
Breconshire	75.0	78.7
Caernarvonshire	86.7	88.8
Cardiganshire	100.0	100.0
Carmarthenshire	65.2	61.1
Denbighshire	87.0	83.2
Flintshire	100.0	100.0
Glamorgan	68.4	69.4
Merioneth	100.0	100.0
Monmouthshire	95.7	95.3
Montgomeryshire	100.0	100.0
Pembrokeshire	83.3	88.7
Radnorshire	100.0	100.0
County Boroughs
Cardiff	51.7	63.1
Merthyr Tydfil	75.0	89.1
Newport (Mon.)	80.0	94.1
Swansea	27.3	25.0