§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what proportion of pupils at schools for 11 to 16-year-olds in the State sector enter (a) sixth form colleges, (b) the sixth forms of other schools or (c) both in turn;
(2) what proportion of pupils at schools in the State sector of education for 11 to 18-year-olds stay on at their schools after the age of 16 years.
§ Dr. BoysonNo information is available nationally on transfers between different types of schools for pupils aged 16 or over. The proportions of English school fifth formers in 1980–81 in each type of maintained school who entered the sixth form of their own or any other maintained or independent school were as follows:
Type of school for fifth formers Percentage entering a sixth form Comprehensive up to 16 years 18 Comprehensive up to 18 years 33 Grammar 69 Other maintained (excluding sixth form college) 15 All maintained 29