The table shows the Proportions of Pupils Attending Four Secondary School Types between 2000 and 2009

The graph provides information on how many school learners attended four types of secondary schools over a nine-year period.

Overall, it can be clearly seen that the period witnessed an attendance decline in specialist, grammar and voluntary-controlled schools while community schools saw an increase from 2000 to 2009.

In 2000, the figure for voluntary-controlled schools was the highest around 52%, followed by grammar schools in the second position approximately a quarter. In addition, both specialist and community schools had the same proportion of school learners with only 12%.

Regarding the attendance of students in secondary schools in 2009, all categories saw a downward trend, except community schools. Voluntary-controlled schools witnessed a drastic decrease of a third. Likewise, the percentage of pupils attending not only grammar schools but also specialist schools declined about 12% and 2% consecutively. In contrast, community schools showed a significant upward to over 50% of student attendance.