Primary Schools (Admissions)

HC Deb 25 November 1980 vol 994 cc60-1W

26. Miss Joan Lestor

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many education authorities are admitting 6-year-olds and rising fives to primary schools.

Dr. Boyson

The annual statistical returns for January 1980 show that all English local education authorities admitted 6-year-olds, including rising fives, to maintained primary schools.