The table shows the Proportions of Pupils Attending Four Secondary School Types Between Between 2000 and 2009. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The table illustrates the percentage of school children attending four different types of secondary school from 2000 to 2009. It is evident that

whereas

the community

schools

experienced a marked increase in the proportion of those attending their institutions over the period, the others saw a corresponding decline.

To begin

, the percentage of pupils 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

schools

declined in importance, the opposite was true in the case of community

schools

. In fact,

whereas

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.