Sentences with phrase «cent of pupils attending»

Never have Britain's elite jobs been more dominated by privately educated students despite only seven per cent of pupils attending independent schools.

In its annual report published in December, education watchdog Ofsted criticised 16 local authorities for «underperforming» as less than 60 per cent of pupils attended good or outstanding secondary schools, and there were lower than national GCSE attainment and levels of expected progress.

In Northamptonshire, where most schools are academies, almost 25 per cent of pupils attend an inadequate school or one which requires improvement, compared to 15 per cent nationally, and Russell has raised concerns that higher - ability pupils are not being supported to achieve as well as they should.

Not exact matches

The Council is the largest in the UK to retain a mainly selective school system, with 25 per cent of secondary school age pupils attending one of the 33 grammar schools in the area.

The same analysis also found that pupils from poorer backgrounds who performed just as well as their more well off peers were still less likely to attend grammars, with 66 per cent of children who achieve level five in both English and Maths at Key Stage 2 who are not eligible for free school meals going to a grammar school compared with 40 per cent of similarly high achieving children who are eligible for free school meals.

The number of pupils attending secondary school is expected to rise by 20 per cent over the next ten years, putting added pressure on school places.

Analysis of Department for Education (DfE) data reveals that in the past four years there has been an increase in the number of pupils with SEND who attend a specialist school, up from 5.6 per cent in 2012 to 8.5 per cent in 2016.

At secondary level, more than a third of the pupils attend a school that is inadequate or requires improvement, compared with 21 per cent nationally.

Sutton Trust figures from the 2012 London Olympics revealed more than a third (36 per cent) of British medal winners attended a private school, despite those schools only educating 7 per cent of pupils.

Researchers found that in areas of the country where 10 per cent or more of pupils attend state - run selective schools, just 15.8 per cent of 11 - year - olds were from «just about managing» families, who comprise about 6m households on low and low - to - middle incomes, according to one definition.

The benefits for the less than one per cent of pupils in England who have the privilege to attend fee paying boarding schools are widely acknowledged.

According to the GSHA, ministers reportedly still want to see pupils from the top 25 per cent of achievers attend comprehensive schools, but expect new selective schools to have a «narrower ability range» — closer to 10 per cent.