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.
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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. Linking Words
Similarly
, the relative number of children in grammar Linking Words
schools
- just under one Use synonyms
quarter-dropped
by half in the same period. As for the specialist colleges, the relatively small percentage of pupils attending Correct your spelling
quarter- dropped
this
type of educational institution (12%) Linking Words
also
fell, Linking Words
although
not significantly.
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However
, Linking Words
while
the other three types of Linking Words
schools
declined in importance, the opposite was true in the case of community Use synonyms
schools
. In fact, Use synonyms
on the other hand
, only a small minority of 12% were educated in these Linking Words
schools
in 2000, and Use synonyms
this
figure increased to well over half of all pupils during the following nine years.Linking Words
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