Ms Turnely continued: «In the face of the government's campaign to broaden access to universities, elite public schools have
actually increased the number of pupils they send to Oxbridge over the last five years, whilst ethnic minority students are twice as likely to attend modern universities than traditional universities.»
Putting the complexities to one side, will paying schools extra for more pupils taking A-level or core maths
actually increase the numbers of pupils taking maths?
Not exact matches
Schools Week understands the first tranche
of funding will be based on
increases in
pupil numbers between 2017 - 18 and 2018 - 19, with schools
actually receiving the money in 2019 - 20.
But the
number of pupils attending PRUs during this period
actually created an
increase in the percentage
of children attending schools in non-mainstream settings.
If this pattern is replicated in the proportion
of teachers
actually leaving the profession, this has the potential to place further pressure on the teaching workforce at a time when the EBacc, and rising
pupil numbers, are both
increasing the need for teachers in these subjects.