HC Deb 11 March 1996 vol 273 cc492-3W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of children in Wales are in(a) primary schools, including voluntary primary, (b) comprehensive and grant-maintained comprehensive schools, (c) nursery schools, (d) private schools and (e) selective state grammar schools. [18926]

Mr. Richards

The following table shows the percentages as at January 1995. All maintained secondary schools in Wales are comprehensive.

Percentage1 of all pupils
Primary schools:
LEA and grant maintained (including voluntary aided and voluntary controlled schools) 57.3
Percentage1 of all pupils
Secondary schools:
LEA maintained comprehensives 37.4
Grant maintained 1.9
LEA maintained nursery schools 0.7
LEA maintained special schools 0.7
Independent schools 2.0
Total 100
1Percentages have been calculated by dividing the number of full-time and part-time pupils in each type of school by the total number of full-time and part-time pupils in each type of school by the total number of full-time and part-time pupils in all schools.