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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 October 1949.

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Photo of Mr George Tomlinson Mr George Tomlinson , Farnworth 12:00, 20 October 1949

The proportion of pupils leaving maintained and assisted secondary grammar schools who proceeded to universities in 1947–48 was 6 per cent.: the proportion of those leaving direct grant schools was 9.5 per cent. As might be expected in view of the normal school leaving age, the percentage from secondary modern and technical schools was negligible. I have no comparable figures for independent schools.