APPENDIX V.

TABLE 1.

Ages of Scholars on the Registers at the end of the School Year, 1925-26.

Annual Number of Births, 1908-1926; Number of Scholars of School Age (5-14) on the Registers, Midsummer, 1926; and Comparative Figures for 1925, 1924, 1923 and 1922.

The numbers before 1919-20 are swelled by the inclusion of the attendance in certain preparatory departments of secondary schools, which are no longer classified under primary schools.

† Actual population according to Census Returns.

APPENDIX VII.

PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION.

TABLE showing the NUMBER of SCHOOLS in which PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION was provided in the year ended 31st July, 1926, and the NUMBER of PUPILS who received instruction in the various subjects.

APPENDIX VIII

TABLE 1.

Showing the ATTAINMENTS of PUPILS on leaving PRIMARY SCHOOLS or PRIMARY DEPARTMENTS of schools conducted under the Secondary Schools (Scotland) Regulations, 1923, during the year ended 31st July, 1926. (Pupils transferred from one primary school to another are not included).

Scholars over 14 years of age (or granted exemption being over 12 years of age) who left school and who

Scholars not exempted, who left school,

Showing the ATTAINMENTS of PUPILS on leaving SECONDARY DEPARTMENTS (including advanced divisions) of schools conducted under the Secondary Schools (Scotland) Regulations, 1923, during the year ended 31st July, 1926. (Pupils transferred from one Secondary Department to another are not included).

APPENDIX IX.

COMPARATIVE STATISTICS RELATING TO SCHOOLS CONDUCTED UNDER THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS, SHOWING THE NUMBER OF NEW ENTRANTS AT THE BEGINNING OF 1918-19, 1919-20, 1920-21 AND 1921-22; THE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE IN LATER YEARS IN THE APPROPRIATE LATER STAGES OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL COURSE; THE PERCENTAGE BORNE BY EACH LATER YEAR'S ATTENDANCE ΤΟ THE ORIGINAL ENTRY; AND THE NUMBER OF LEAVING CERTIFICATES GAINED

Approximate (reckoned on basis of 90 per cent. of average roll).

N.B. The figures in brackets show the percentage borne by the number of pupils in each year to the number of original entrants of whom they are the survivors.

APPENDIX X.

REFORMATORY AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.

A.

NUMBER OF SCHOOLS AND INMATES ON 31ST DECEMBER, 1926.

B.

NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (a) COMMITTED TO, (b) LICENSED FROM, (c) DISCHARGED FROM REFORMATORY AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS DURING 1925 AND 1926

*The figures for the Day Industrial Schools include children in the schools under attendance orders or by voluntary arrangement.

†These figures include both discharges and licences, which are not distinguishable in returns from Day Industrial Schools.

O.

The approved cost of maintenance for the certified schools for the year ended 31st March, 1927, is as follows:

:

DETAILS AS TO Expenditure, AMOUNT OF PARLIAMENTARY GRANT AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1926.

*A sum of £3,000 from Variable Grant was paid in addition to the maintenance grants shown above, £570 to Reformatory Schools and £2,430 to Industrial Schools.