The table illustrates the percentage of school children attending four different types of secondary school from 2000 to 2009. It is evident that the specialist, grammar and voluntary-controlled schools experienced declines in numbers of pupils, whereas the community schools became the most important providers of secondary school education during the same period.
To begin, the proportion in voluntary-controlled schools fell from just over half to only 20% or one fifth from 2000 to 2009. Similarly, the relative number of children in grammar schools -- just under one quarter -- dropped by half in the same period. As for the specialist schools, the relatively small percentage of pupils attending this type of school (12%) also fell, although not significantly.
However, while the other three types of school declined in importance, the opposite was true in the case of community schools. In fact, while only a small minority of 12% were educated in these schools in 2000, this figure increased to well over half of all pupils during the following nine years. 
The table illustrates the percentage of  
school
 children attending four  
different
 types of secondary  
school
 from 2000 to 2009. It is evident that the specialist, grammar and voluntary-controlled  
schools
 experienced declines in numbers of pupils, whereas the community  
schools
 became the most  
important
 providers of secondary  
school
 education during the same period.
To  
begin
, the proportion in voluntary-controlled  
schools
 fell from  
just
 over half to  
only
 20% or one fifth from 2000 to 2009.  
Similarly
, the relative number of children in grammar  
schools
 --  
just
 under one quarter -- dropped by half in the same period. As for the specialist  
schools
, the  
relatively
  small
 percentage of pupils attending this type of  
school
 (12%)  
also
 fell, although not  
significantly
. 
However
, while the other three types of  
school
 declined in importance, the opposite was true in the case of community  
schools
. In fact, while  
only
 a  
small
 minority of 12%  
were educated
 in these  
schools
 in 2000, this figure increased to well over half of all pupils during the following nine years.