# ielts-writing-task-1-sample-table

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IELTS Writing Task 1 - Table 
 
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 
The table shows the Proportions of Pupils Attending Four Secondary 
School Types Between Between 2000 and 2009 
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features 
and make comparisons where relevant. 
Write at least 150 words.  
 
The Proportions of Pupils Attending Four Secondary School Types between  
2000 and 2009. 
  
  
  
2000 
  
2005 
  
2009 
  
Specialist Schools 
  
12% 
  
11% 
  
10% 
  
Grammar Schools 
  
24% 
  
19% 
  
12% 
  
Voluntary-controlled 
 Schools 
  
52% 
  
38% 
  
20% 
  
Community Schools 
  
12% 
  
32% 
  
58% 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Model Answer 
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. 
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