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of sufficient subsidised places in Forms IV and V for 40 per cent of the

15-16 age group. This has, however, been amended by the 1978 White Paper.

It is now the government's intention to meet, during the early 1980s, the

full demand from Form III leavers who would benefit from the kind of courses

which schools or other senior secondary institutions provide. Taking into

consideration the increase in population arising from immigration it is

hoped to provide subsidised school places at Form IV level for about

58,000 pupils or 59 per cent of the 15-year-old population in September 1981,

65 per cent by September 1982 and over 70 per cent by September 1986. The

build-up of places is illustrated below:

Forms IV - V combined

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

15-16 year-old population

218,700

203,000

190,500

180,300

171,700

Planned provision

Number (%) of

places:

(a) Government

(b) Aided

(c) Bought places

in private

NPM schools

(d) Five-year

bought places in private independent schools

(e) Other types

of place*

8,880(14.1) 10,840(11.8) 12,160(10.3) 12,560(10.3) 12,240(10.1)

50,720(80.8) 61,160(66.6)| 96,480(81.6)| 99,000(81.5) 98,920(81.6)

115 (0.2) 16,215(17.7) 5,850 (4.9) 5,985 (4.9) 5,940 (4.9)

289 (0.5) 178 (0.2)

10 (-)

2,780 (4.4) 3,390 (3.7) 3,770 (3.2)| 3,940 (3.2) 4,180 (3.4)

Total

62,784

91,783

118,270

121,485

121,280

Percentage of

(29%)

(45%)

(62%)

(67%)

(71%)

population

* Places in English schools and the Police Cadet School, and 15-year-olds

in special schools