§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage proportion of English secondary schoolchildren aged 14+ are attending comprehensive, secondary modern, grammar and direct grant schools, respectively.
§ Mr. MulleyIn January 1974, the latest year for which figures are available, the proportions of all 14-plus pupils attending different types of school were as follows:
Percentage attending Maintained: Comprehensive … … 52.1 Modern … … 20.5 Grammar … … 12.4 Direct grant schools … … 3.2 All other types of school* … … 11.8 * Comprising other maintained, special and independent schools.
§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage proportion of English secondary schoolchildren go directly from comprehensive, secondary modern, grammar and direct grant schools, respectively, to full-time further and higher education when they leave school.
§ Mr. MulleyThe information for leavers from the different types of school in 1973–74 is as follows:
Maintained comprehensive schools 14.3% Maintained secondary modern schools 11.3% Maintained grammar schools 45.2% Direct grant schools 62.0%