The table illustrates the percentages of students studying at four different secondary
schools
from 2000 to 2009. It is evident that Use synonyms
whereas
the community Linking Words
schools
experienced a significant increase in the proportion of school children attending their institutions over the period, the others encountered a corresponding decline.
In detail, the percentage of pupils in voluntary-controlled Use synonyms
schools
decreased noticeably from slightly over half to well over one-third in 2005 and eventually one-fifth in 2009. Use synonyms
Similarly
, Linking Words
although
nearly one-quarter of the pupils attended grammar Linking Words
schools
in 2000, the proportion dropped by half in nine years. Meanwhile, only a few Use synonyms
percent
of students went to specialist Change the spelling
per cent
schools
Use synonyms
also
fell by 2 Linking Words
percent
during the same period.
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per cent
However
, Linking Words
while
other types of Linking Words
schools
declined the proportion of attending students, community Use synonyms
schools
were in the opposite trend. Even though just over one-fifth of children studied in these Use synonyms
schools
in 2000, the figure went up remarkably to over half of all pupils during the following nine years.Use synonyms