Grammar Schools: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children attended grammar schools in each year since 1996; what proportion of the secondary school population this represented in each year; and if he will make a statement. (201181)

The requested information is given in the following table:

*Grammar schools: Number and percentage of pupils*^{1, 2}*, position in January each year, 1996 to 2007, England*
	Grammar schools	All secondary schools
	Number of pupils^{1, 2}	Percentage of pupils³	Number of pupils^{1, 2}
1996	127,710	4.2	3,024,750
1997	128,710	4.2	3,056,870
1998	130,320	4.2	3,088,620
1999	140,880	4.5	3,138,090
2000	141,390	4.4	3,198,410
2001	142,340	4.4	3,248,610
2002	146,190	4.5	3,280,250
2003	149,910	4.5	3,328,270
2004	152,610	4.6	3,351,510
2005	154,070	4.6	3,347,680
2006	155,480	4.6	3,344,490
2007	156,800	4.7	3,321,530
¹ Headcount of pupils. ² Excludes dually registered pupils. ³ Includes maintained secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies. ⁴ The number of pupils in grammar schools expressed as a percentage of pupils in all secondary schools. Note: Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census.

Volume 475: debated on Monday 28 April 2008