The overall number of pupils in secondary non-grammar has dropped by more than 5,000 pupils since 2010. There has been no similar trend in grammar schools where enrolments have remained stable in recent years.
Given the declining overall post-primary enrolment, a greater proportion of pupils are attending grammar schools than before – 44 per cent in 2014/15 compared to 41.1 per cent in 2005/06.
The overall decline in secondary pupils conceals a continual increase in the number of post-year 12 pupils, however.
The number of 16 and 17-year-olds in the population has remained relatively stable in the same time period, therefore a greater proportion of the population are staying on in school post-year 12, the figures show. Sixth form enrolments have risen by almost 5,000 in the last decade.
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