Furthermore, the proportion of schools using a specialist school ski operator to organise their skiing trip has increased, with over 90 per
cent of schools choosing to make their own travel arrangements.
Not exact matches
The practice
of a Christian
school choosing to admit pupils based on the family's church attendance has been branded «unacceptable» by 56 per
cent of the public.
In addition, the poll found that one in ten said they were required by their child's
school to purchase computer equipment such as a tablet or laptop, and seven per
cent said that the cost
of equipment affected what subjects their child
chose to study.
According to the 2016 STF ski trip survey, the number
of UK secondary
schools choosing to take pupils on annual ski trips rose to 62.8 per
cent, up from 43.3 per
cent in 2014.
Twenty - four per
cent of parents with
school age children have either bought or rented a new property in order to obtain an address within their
chosen school catchment area.
One third
of children aged six to 17 said there was a designated time during the
school day to read a book they had
chosen independently (not textbooks), but only 17 per
cent do it every or almost every
school day.
When asked which measures would most likely improve social mobility and help disadvantaged young people get on in life, almost half
of respondents (47 per
cent)
chose «high - quality teaching in comprehensive
schools», ahead
of two social mobility policies adopted by the main parties in the recent election.
However, education secretary Justine Greening has said that rather than all teachers getting a one per
cent pay rise,
schools should be able to
choose which members
of staff get an increase, based on performance.
When asked about the most important factors when
choosing their child's current
school, «quality
of teachers» and «location or distance from home» came equal first globally (45 per
cent of parents
chose these two answers in their top three).
If a
school is
chosen by its local authority for an external moderation visit (25 per
cent of schools are moderated each year), the
school must ensure that key stage 1 test papers are available for external moderation.