The table shows the proportions of pupils attending four secondary school types between 2000 and 2009. Write a summary of the information. Select and report the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

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

Write a summary of the information. Select and report the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
The provided table illustrates the percentage of students who attended four different secondary
schools
throughout nine years starting from 2000 to 2009. In general, it is clearly seen that School communities experienced a significant increase
whereas
Voluntary-controlled
schools
decreased significantly during the period from 2000 to 2009. In detail, the proportion of pupils participating in community school in 2000, 2005 and 2009 rose significantly to more than one in ten, less than a third and 58 per
cent
, respectively.
On the other hand
, the percentage of three from four secondary school types went down over the period of time between 2000 to 2009. Specialist
schools
decreased slightly from approximately a third in 2000 to one in ten in 2009, grammar
schools
showed a gradual decrease from around a quarter in 2000 to 12 per
cent
in 2009. On another type, voluntary-controlled
schools
fell significantly at more than half, thirty-eight per
cent
and 58 per
cent
in 2000,2005 and 2009, respectively.
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