The table shows the Proportions of Pupils Attending Four Secondary School Types Between Between 2000 and 2009. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

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

whereas

the community centres of learning 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 academies dropped 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

Correct your spelling

quarter- dropped

by half in the same period. As for the specialist colleges, the relatively small percentage of pupils attending

this

type of educational institution (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,

on the other hand

, only a small minority of 12% were educated in these

schools

in 2000, and

this

figure increased to well over half of all pupils during the following nine years.