SCHOOLING STATISTICS
National Archives of Scotland (HH1/568)
(HH1/568) Table E
Table E, Part 1
The following figures show the increase in the number of children attending
Roman Catholic schools that has occurred at nine-year intervals, and the
increase or decrease in the non-Roman Catholic school population in the
same period.
Year.
Roman Catholic schools
Total average Increase in
enrolment
9 years
Other schools
Total average
enrolment
Increase in
9 years
1901–02
71,293
–
713,662
–
1910–11
95,335
+24,042
(33.7%)
774,832
+61.170
(8.6%)
1919–20
113,881
+18,546
(19.4%)
756,491
–18,341
(2.4%)
1928–29
123,430
+9.549
(8.4%)
696,109
–60,382
(8.0%)
1.
Look at the table above. Describe the trends in Roman Catholic
schooling in Scotland in the early 20th century.
2.
What conclusion can be made about the numbers of Roman Catholic
children attending school from 1900 to the 1930s?
3.
In which ways does this show a change in attitudes to Roman Catholics
at the time?
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