Sentences with phrase «at grammar schools»

Closing the «gap» between disadvantaged and advantaged pupils at grammar schools is easy.

Working at a grammar school meant that I had high expectations of pupils because they had been selected.

The two heads added that there were also places at grammars schools in neighbouring authorities, such as Slough and Buckinghamshire.

The findings of a recent report by the Education Policy Institute have only served to confirm the fears of many in the education sector after it revealed that high performance of pupils at grammar schools in comparison to those at non-selective schools, was driven by the «very high prior attainment and demographics of pupils» and not by the schools themselves.

Bexley said it had the second - highest rate in the city of children at grammar schools eligible for free school meals — three per cent — behind Redbridge.

Six months after a fatal shooting at a grammar school in suburban Chicago, McNally gave a questionnaire to school staff.

Figures on the «just managing» are based on a re-analysis of previous Sutton Trust research using small area statistics on in - work tax credits and the Income Deprivation Affecting Children (IDACI) index to look at grammar school entry across the socioeconomic spectrum.

He came to Britain in 1960 when his father began research at the National Institute of Oceanography, and was educated at a grammar school for boys in Surrey.

However today's report finds that pupils from families who are «just about managing» — or JAMS — are also significantly under - represented at grammar schools.

Mary Bousted, the general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, accused the chancellor of «throwing more money at grammar schools», and said the government's spending pledges were «totally insufficient» to tackle the wider funding crisis in schools.

In 2014 - 15, 96.7 per cent of pupils at grammar schools got five or more GCSEs between grades A * and C, including English and maths, compared to 56.7 per cent at comprehensives.

Rev Peter Galloway, the chair of governors at the grammar school, resigned from his role in September, although his decision to was unrelated to the scandal.

Simpson Millar solicitors have initiated judicial review proceedings in a bid to change the rules and regulations at the grammar school.

A man called Ted Washington was partly responsible for that — a blind history teacher at my grammar school who taught the subject in a way that shot life into it replete with anecdotes and bizarre stories that kept us alive through the dates and the cold hard facts.

A criticism regularly levelled at grammar schools is the fact that many children develop later but find themselves excluded from an academic education that might have suited them.

His uncle, John, his father's brother, taught me English at my Grammar School.

His natural ability, capacity for hard work and attendance at a grammar school became a passage to Cambridge.

Her plan is, to put it very mildly indeed, highly controversial — and the PM has already signaled that (a) the new policy will take steps to ensure that poor kids will have a fair shot at a grammar school education and (b) she doesn't intend to impose selective schooling on every community.

It concludes by comparing performance between highly able students at grammar schools and top comprehensives.

Reality Check verdict: Pupils at grammar schools perform well.

Speaking at the Grammar School Heads» Association annual conference, the CBI director general said it was clear the careers advice system had not worked for employers or students for many years.

He now believes that this has in fact happened, and that Progress 8 scores at grammar schools have «superficially» improved.

Every grammar school in England has a sixth form — about 50,000 16 to 19 - year - olds are enrolled at a grammar school compared with 161,000 in sixth - form colleges.

Northern Ireland's consistently higher performance - it has improved again - has been put down to its system of selective schools, where pupils are tested at the age of 11 and the brighter ones get places at grammar schools.

«That's why the proportion of disadvantaged children at grammar schools is extremely low, just 2.6 per cent of kids on free school meals,» Powell said.

Tutors on the online local services site have revealed that the recent change in marking criteria and the number of parents looking at grammar schools has fuelled the increase.

It also finds that pupils from families who are «just about managing» — or Jams — are also significantly under - represented at grammar schools.

What a bizarre coincidence that the responses to the consultation were published on the same day this crazy, useless government decided to chuck money at grammar schools.

McNally gave a questionnaire to personnel 6 months after a fatal shooting at a grammar school in suburban Chicago.

He was educated at a grammar school for boys in Surrey and then read English and Philosophy at the University of Kent, Canterbury, followed by a creative writing course at the University of East Anglia.

The research also looks at GCSE attainment for pupils at grammar schools.

At the start of 2016 less than three per cent of children at grammar schools were eligible for free school meals, compared to a national average of 14 % across all school types — and, horribly, 17 % of children within grammar school areas.

«Funding to provide free school transport should be welcomed, but this should be an entitlement for all children and young people and not only for a minority who obtain a place at a grammar school.

They often provide a good quality education for those lucky enough to attend them, but they take fewer children on free school meals than schools with mixed abilities - 12.6 per cent of pupils at the highest performing non-selective schools claim free school meals; at grammar schools this is just 2.4 per cent.

Or, if we look at grammar schools or independent schools, many of which are not only selective but also more academic and less vocational which in itself can close off certain avenues for students.

The research, which also looks at GCSE attainment for pupils at grammar schools, confirms that while grammar school pupils do score slightly higher at GCSE, it concludes that much of this can be explained by prior levels of attainment.

She said most teachers would be «appalled» that the government can «throw # 150 million» at grammar schools «which will ignore the needs of all but a tiny minority of pupils».

The Munich based artist Daniel Kluge led the workshops Apollo 13 at the grammar school (dt.

My grandfather, Joe, whose own circumstances (he was sent down the mines at 14 to support his family despite having gained a place at grammar school) made me very conscious that I should make the most of any opportunities granted to me.