Sentences with phrase «average attainment gap»

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The Campaign seeks to address the county's above average gap in attainment between disadvantaged and other pupils, with a focus on students in Years 7 and 8.

In the UK, there is an average 22 per cent gap in attainment between children receiving Free School Meals and their peers.

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Applying their estimates of the causal effect of added spending to the actual increases in spending suggests that the average poor - nonpoor gap in school attainment should have been more than closed — which is not even close to what we observe.

Disadvantaged girls perform better than disadvantaged boys, on average, and the attainment gap between the genders is 8 percentage points.

«While England's brightest pupils score around average in international tests — and better in science — this analysis shows that there are some very big socio - economic gaps in attainment between the brightest pupils from poor and better - off homes.

Looking at the gender gap, girls made more progress on average than boys, despite any higher prior attainment they may have had.

Author Mike Treadway said that boosting these «long - term disadvantaged» pupils» attainment presents «quite a challenge», and that the gap can only be closed if these pupils make progress that is above the national average.

Deeper examination also shows that based on the average grade per entry, the GCSE achievement gap widened or remained static from 2013 to 2014 for all pupil premium children — except those with high prior attainment.

Trends and Racial and Ethnic Gaps in Educational Attainment of Young Adults (Aged 25 — 29), by Race and Ethnicity, 1980 — 2005 (Three - year averages)

It found that although pupils in grammar schools have higher average attainment at KS4, this is only because their schools cherry - picked them in the first place, as demonstrated by the fact that grammar schools do not drive up overall results in their areas, nor reduce the poverty gap.