Sentences with phrase «cent of pupils study»

This has been further compounded by the recent proposal that no school will be considered as «Outstanding» by Ofsted from September 2015 unless 90 per cent of pupils study EBacc GCSEs — a further disincentive to study D&T.

Education secretary Justine Greening has announced that the government's plans to have 90 per cent of pupils studying all EBacc subjects by 2020 has been pushed back.

Not exact matches

The proportion of pupils studying RE at GCSE has increased by almost 50 per cent in the last 15 years.

At present, most pupils between 14 and 16 study Model A science which occupies 20 per cent of class time — as much as English and mathematics combined.

In contrast, the number of pupils who chose to study Spanish rose by around 15 per cent.

Additionally, a study from the National Literacy Trust on the effects of ebooks on reading progress suggested that boys were keener to read ebooks than their paper counterparts, with ebooks facilitating a 25 per cent rise in the number of pupils who read daily and a 22 per cent increase in those who read for an hour or longer.

The aim of 90 per cent would represent a dramatic increase from the 39 per cent of pupils currently studying the Ebacc.

Lord Baker, who served as Education Secretary in the Conservative government from 1986 - 89, has questioned the government's target for 90 per cent of pupils to study the English Baccalaureate (Ebacc), claiming that it has a «narrow academic focus».

Indeed, the report claims that differences in the physical characteristics of classrooms explain 16 per cent of the variation in learning progress over a year for the 3,766 pupils included in the study.

Only half of parents and carers had heard of the EBacc, compared to 58 per cent last year, despite a push from ministers to increase the number of pupils studying the core academic EBacc subjects.

According to a study conducted by researchers from the assessment software company, No More Marking, 42 per cent of pupils in English made no improvement or regressed.

The amount of pupils taking a minimum of one arts GCSE in this period has increased by 7.4 per cent and the average number of pupils studying the arts has increased by 5.4 per cent.

The Institute of Fiscal Studies estimates that schools in the UK will face up to 12 per cent real term cuts over the next Parliament while forecasts suggest pupil numbers will increase by seven per cent, a result of rising immigration and higher birth rates over the next five years.

The study found that for pupils aged between 13 and 14, music was compulsory in 84 per cent of schools in 2012 - 2013, but this has fallen to 62 per cent by 2016 - 2017.

The study also found that robbery between pupils has halved over the last decade, with only one per cent of children reportedly robbed in 2014.

In fact, the number of arts GCSEs being taken in 2015/16 was higher than in 2011/12 when the EBacc had only just been announced, and the proportion of students taking at least one arts GCSE in this period has increased by 7.4 per cent, while the average number of arts GCSEs studied by each pupil has increased by 5.4 per cent.

The study found that attainment had been improving for pupils who were eligible for free school meals for less than 60 per cent of their time in schools.

And just over a fifth (21 per cent) of pupils» in the study described science as «boring», while 44 per cent felt «you need to be clever to do science».

However, pupil numbers are expected to grow by four per cent at primary level and 20 per cent at secondary by 2026, meaning a large number of additional teachers are needed, especially in EBacc subjects, which the government wants 90 per cent of pupils to study by 2025.

According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (ISF), schools face average cuts of 6.5 per cent over the course of this parliament as a result of rising cost pressures and frozen per - pupil funding.

Demos reported that one study has shown that almost one half (45 per cent) of pupils have become disengaged from school by the time they sit their GCSEs.