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These schools are administered by. the Essex County Council
which is the Authority for Higher Education.
Admission is by competitive examination at the age of 11
years to the two County High Schools, and at 12| years to the
Technical Institute.

It will be seen that, of the 1,392 pupils in attendance at these
secondary schools in the area, 791 (56.89 per cent.) are actually
resident in Leyton, and 764 (54.56 per cent.) previously attended
Leyton elementary schools. These figures do not include Leyton
elementary school children who are now in attendance at County
High Schools outside the Borough.
Until they reached the age of 11 years these children had been
eligible to take advantage of the Leyton Education Authority's
comprehensive scheme of clinic medical services for the treatment
of minor ailments, eye defects, orthopaedic defects, dental defects,
unhealthy tonsils and adenoids, ringworm, etc. ; and arrangements
are in existence for the treatment in approved convalescent homes
of children in need of it.
As soon, however, as a Leyton elementary school child has
shown sufficient scholastic ability to gain admission to a County
Secondary School, he becomes ineligible for any of the forms of
medical treatment outlined above unless there should happen to
be a special arrangement in existence for the treatment by the
Local Education Authority on behalf of the County Authority.
Although the County arranges lor the routine medical inspection