§ Sir Gilbert Longdenasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many secondary grammar schools have been replaced by comprehensive schools in each of the past 20 years.
§ Mr. St. John-StevasInformation in this form could not be provided without disproportionate expenditure of time and money. The table below shows changes in the number of maintained grammar and comprehensive schools in England and Wales year by year from January 1952 to January 1972, the latest date for which figures are available.
Grammar Schools Comprehensive Schools 1952 … 1,189 9 1953 … 1,184 11 1954 … 1,181 13 1955 … 1,180 16 1956 … 1,193 31 1957 … 1,206 43 1958 … 1,241 86 1959 … 1,252 111 1960 … 1,268 130 1961 … 1,284 138 1962 … 1,287 152 1963 … 1,295 175 1964 … 1,298 195 1965 … 1,285 262 1966 … 1,273 387 1967 … 1,236 508 1968 … 1,155 748 1969 … 1,098 962 1970 … 1,038 1,145 1971 … 970 1,373 1972 … 893 1,591