Grammar School Vacancies

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 December 1949.

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Photo of Mr George Tomlinson Mr George Tomlinson , Farnworth 12:00, 8 December 1949

This is a matter on which two views are possible but where, as in the area which I assume my hon. Friend has in mind, the grammar school provision is above the average for the country as a whole, the arrangements for admission provide equal opportunities for all children, and the filling of every vacancy for the sake of filling it would mean lowering the standard of admission, I would not take exception to the Authority's action in leaving a relatively few vacancies unfilled.