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Sample Answer 28
The table shows the Proportions of Pupils Attending Four Secondary School Types
Between 2000 and 2009
Secondary School Attendance
2000
2005
2009
Specialist Schools
12% 11% 10%
Grammar Schools
24% 19% 12%
Voluntary-controlled Schools
52% 38% 20%
Community Schools
12% 32% 58%
The table illustrates the percentage of school children attending four different types
of secondary school from 2000 to 2009. It is evident that the specialist, grammar and
voluntary-controlled schools experienced declines in numbers of pupils, whereas the
community schools became the most important providers of secondary school
education during the same period.
To begin, the proportion in voluntary-controlled schools fell from just over half to
only 20% or one fifth from 2000 to 2009. Similarly, the relative number of children in
grammar schools -- just under one quarter -- dropped by half in the same period. As
for the specialist schools, the relatively small percentage of pupils attending this type
of school (12%) also fell, although not significantly.
However, while the other three types of school declined in importance, the opposite
was true in the case of community schools. In fact, while only a small minority of 12%
were educated in these schools in 2000, this figure increased to well over half of all
pupils during the following nine years.
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