Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education. – in the House of Commons at on 14 March 1929.
| RETURN showing for each Autonomous Area in the Counties of Glamorgan and Monmouth (a) the number of leavers aged 14 and over, from P.E. Schools and (b) the number of Ex-P.E. School Pupils aged 14 and over admitted to Secondary Schools on the Grant List. | |||||||||||||||||
| Area. | 1920–21. | 1921–22. | 1922–23. | 1923–24. | 1924–25. | 1925–26. | 1926–27. | 1927–28. | |||||||||
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | ||
| Neath Borough | (a) | 108 | 121 | 126 | 128 | 253 | 239 | 246 | 281 | 227 | 222 | 294 | 288 | 234 | 218 | 232 | 233 |
| (b) | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 4 | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Port Talbot | (a) | (Became a Boro. on 9.11.1921.) | 293 | 273 | 315 | 293 | 290 | 289 | 303 | 334 | 327 | 300 | 281 | 264 | 293 | 341 | |
| Borough. | (b) | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| Aberdare U.D. | (a) | 275 | 321 | 313 | 292 | 411 | 432 | 454 | 450 | 551 | 445 | 470 | 407 | 398 | 385 | 364 | 356 |
| (b) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | |
| Barry U.D. | (a) | 213 | 259 | 216 | 257 | 253 | 264 | 213 | 227 | 217 | 283 | 222 | 281 | 195 | 278 | 250 | 251 |
| (b) | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Mountain Ash | (a) | 132 | 131 | 194 | 167 | 352 | 278 | 375 | 352 | 461 | 437 | 416 | 423 | 381 | 292 | 376 | 332 |
| U.D. | (b) | — | 8 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Pontypridd | (a) | 315 | 291 | 338 | 321 | 455 | 388 | 445 | 422 | 454 | 437 | 485 | 441 | 392 | 403 | 396 | 376 |
| U.D. | (b) | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Rhondda U.D. | (a) | 325 | 485 | 342 | 405 | 511 | 477 | 1,265 | 1,126 | 1,297 | 1,294 | 1,286 | 1,342 | 1,276 | 2,212 | 1,216 | 1,239 |
| (b) | 6 | 12 | 93* | 274* | 24 | 25 | 24 | 44 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |
| Cardiff C.B. | (a) | 1,124 | 1,191 | 1,163 | 1,199 | 1,595 | 1,517 | 1,308 | 1,205 | 1,537 | 1,468 | 1,513 | 1,483 | 1,346 | 1,310 | 1,364 | 1,403 |
| (b) | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| Merthyr Tyfil | (a) | 619 | 684 | 489 | 493 | 742 | 731 | 618 | 547 | 623 | 616 | 617 | 58S | 514 | 511 | 516 | 564 |
| C.B. | (b) | 11 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| Swansea C.B. | (a) | 1,026 | 1,065 | 1,057 | 1,053 | 1,037 | 1,111 | 1,262 | 1,213 | 1,274 | 1,282 | 1,243 | 1,248 | 1,265 | 1,250 | 1,204 | 1,215 |
| (b) | 5 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | — | 5 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 14 | |
| Abertillery U.D. | (a) | 38 | 69 | 83 | 115 | 152 | 137 | 351 | 274 | 340 | 314 | 296 | 283 | 303 | 276 | 265 | 283 |
| (b) | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Ebbw Vale U.D. | (a) | 63 | 56 | 84 | 73 | 138 | 109 | 305 | 236 | 306 | 293 | 338 | 265 | 278 | 225 | 290 | 296 |
| (b) | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Newport C.B. | (a) | 564 | 529 | 642 | 544 | 737 | 628 | 692 | 617 | 712 | 619 | 664 | 558 | 643 | 596 | 703 | 694 |
| (b) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | |
| * These figures are comparatively high owing to the fact that certain schools, which had previously been recognised as Elementary Schools, were granted recognition as Secondary Schools and the pupils remaining in them were counted as new admissions to the secondary school system. |
