The given table presents the percentages of students who chose four different

schools in secondary level throughout a nine-year period starting from 2000.  

Overall, it can be seen that voluntary-controlled schools and community

schools were the most popular in 2000 and 2009, respectively.

To begin with, more than half of the total pupils went to voluntary-controlled
schools in 2000. The figure regarding community schools was just 12
percent - equal to that of specialist schools. At the same time, grammar
schools represented just under one-fourth of students.

After five years, the proportion of learners attending community schools

increased by 20 percent and further surged to well over 50% in the year
2009. An opposite trend could be observed in the case of voluntary-
controlled schools as their figure dipped to 38% in 2005 and 20% in 2009.

Grammar and specialist schools also saw declines in attendance but it is

less noticeable. The percentage of pupils in grammar schools dropped
marginally as time went by, becoming 11 percent in 2005 and then exactly
10 percent by the end of the given period. Meanwhile, the figure decreased
by half in specialist schools throughout the years, standing at 12 percent in
2009.