The table shows the proportions of pupils attending four secondary school types between 2000 and 2009.

The given table illustrates the percentage of

school

children attending 4 different types of secondary

school

from 2000 to 2009.

Overall

,

it is clear that

the specialist, grammar and voluntary-controlled

schools

experienced a downward trend in the number of pupils, in comparison the community

schools

experienced an upward trend in secondary

school

education during the same period. At the beginning of the period, voluntary-controlled

schools

became the most significant providers of secondary

schools

,

while

specialist

schools

became the lowest provider, and they declined by the same percentage. In 2005, grammar and voluntary-controlled

schools

continued to decline, grammar

schools

decreased to 19% from 52%, respectively.

At the end

of the period, three types of

schools

diminished to 10%, 12% and 20%.

However

, in 2000 years,

although

community

school

is the lowest provider of secondary

school

, during years increased by a considerable rate. And in 2005 it achieved 32 per cent from 12 per cent. And

at the end

of, it can rise gradually to 58%.