Sentences with phrase «cent of secondary school age»
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.
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Across secondary schools in England, the research shows that 78 per cent of secondary school teachers surveyed by the National Foundation for Education Research say their school offers volunteering programmes to build their pupils» life skills, but just eight per cent of pupils aged 11 - 16 in England and Wales surveyed by Ipsos MORI say they take part in these sorts of extra-curricular activities.
The findings from the research revealed a drop - off in healthy eating habits between primary and secondary school aged children, with 72 per cent of 7 — 8 - year olds likely to eat fruit daily and only 59 per cent of 13 — 14 - year olds likely to eat fruit daily.
Still, our educational attainment is high: 74 per cent of people aged 25 to 64 completed secondary school, just below the global average of 76 per cent.
It also noted that secondary school - aged boys (11 - 16) are happier with the amount of physical activity they take part in and enjoy it more than girls (71 per cent of boys compared to 56 per cent of girls).
Researchers spoke to more than 2,000 secondary school pupils aged 11 to 16 years old and found that more than a third (36 per cent) were willing to do «whatever it takes to look good» and that nearly two thirds (63 per cent) said what other people think of their looks is important to them.
«White British pupils make up 70.9 per cent of all secondary - aged pupils but only 65.9 per cent of secondary - aged pupils in selective schools.»
However, secondary schools will see a much larger increase, with the number of full - time equivalent pupils aged up to 15 years projected to increase by 320,000 (+11.4 per cent) by 2021 and to continue to grow until 2025.
For example, 26 per cent of girls (39 million) and 17 per cent of boys of secondary school age (11 - 15) were not enrolled in school in 2008.