§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the exact number of comprehensive, grammar, secondary modern, technical and independent schools, and sixth-form colleges in England and Wales at the present time; and if he will express these figures as proportions of the total number of schools.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe latest available information relates to January 1976. The numbers and percentages of each type of school catering for the596W secondary age group at that date were as follows:
ENGLAND AND WALES Type of School* Number Percentage of Total† Maintained Secondary— Modern 1,002 17 Grammar 475 8 Comprehensive† 3,319 55 Sixth Form College 68 1 Technical 23 — Other 93 2 Direct Grant Grammar 170 3 Independent 900§ 15 Total of above 6,052 100 *Excluding special schools. † Due to rounding, the percentages do not add to exactly 100 per cent. ‡ Excluding sixth form colleges but including middle schools deemed secondary. § Estimated.