Sentences with phrase «cent of secondary schools»

37 per cent of primary schools and 35 per cent of secondary schools said that this would feel the greatest impact from their budget uncertainty.

Research showed that 33 per cent of primary and 49 per cent of secondary schools say they make some or extensive use eBooks on tablets.

We are seeing a greater emphasis on books (27 per cent of secondary schools cite books as a purchasing priority).

This year, 4.8 per cent of secondary school admissions received appeals, compared with 4.5 per cent the previous year.

Across all product categories, 85 per cent of primary schools and 60 per cent of secondary schools set their budgets.

The uncertainty continues Only five per cent of primary schools and four per cent of secondary schools have a positive outlook over the next three years, which is naturally affecting their purchasing plans.

Just 20 per cent of secondary school teachers said they were trained in recognising and tackling sexism as part of their initial teacher education, and only 22 per cent received training as part of their continuing professional development.

Research conducted by the University of Manchester has found that between 64 - 80 per cent of secondary schools in England currently have counsellors.

Despite demand for tablets increasing, 68 per cent of primaries and 59 per cent of secondary schools feel under - resourced with the technology.

On average, primary school pupils spend 53.7 per cent of their time engaging with ICT in the classroom, as do 55.5 per cent of secondary school pupils, according to research from the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA).

Additionally, 96.6 per cent of secondary schools currently take residential trips, with each organising an average of 2.6 a year.

As more learning content goes online, internet bandwidth requirements are generally increasing, with 34 per cent of secondary schools indicating an extensive requirement, compared to fewer than 10 per cent in 2005.

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.

Wi - fi access «According to last year's annual survey by the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA), 65 per cent of primary schools and 54 per cent of secondary schools don't have access to a good wi - fi connection.

Over 70 per cent of secondary school leaders say that their schools has had to cut teachers over the last year, with a similar proportion saying the same about teaching assistants or support staff.

Grammar schools remain highly controversial, despite only educating 4 per cent of the secondary school population.

Of course if you look at this the other way around, a healthy 55 per cent of primary schools and 57 per cent of secondary schools agree or strongly agree that they have adequate furniture funding to provide a suitable teaching and learning environment.

One thing that came out of the research that gives me cause for concern is the fact that 61 per cent of primary schools and 39 per cent of secondary schools still feel it is important or very important to wait for the government to support adoption.

Caroline Wright, director general designate at BESA says: «Our latest research shows that there is a growing desire and need by teachers for high quality CPD: 48 per cent of primary schools and 41 per cent of secondary schools state that CPD will be a focus for 2016/17.

BESA's research found that 38 per cent of primary and 41 per cent of secondary schools consult teachers in local schools to assess the efficacy of the EdTech products they are considering buying.

«It is highly divisive that the funding will only be available to 25 per cent of secondary schools as this will potentially disadvantage children at the three quarters of schools which miss out.

Forty - six per cent of secondary school parents feel exams are too pressured for their children - only slightly higher than much younger children, at 40 per cent

Our most recent tablets and connectivity in schools (June 2015) research of 632 schools (335 primary and 297 secondary) suggests many have done just this, with 71 per cent of primary and 76 per cent of secondary schools making use of tablets in the classroom.

Despite approximately 75 per cent of teachers and the majority of children using social media to communicate, 88 per cent of primary schools and 79 per cent of secondary schools confirmed that they made no use of the tool in the classroom.

Unsurprisingly, in a time of budget constraint, the research identified that 86 per cent of primary schools and 64 per cent of secondary schools expected free content to be the most useful technology in the classroom by 2012.

More traditional technologies such as laptops were considered to be very useful to 49 per cent of primary schools and 34 per cent of secondary schools while budgetary constraints appear to have led many schools to feel they are unable to afford innovative new products and approaches.

Actively encouraging PE The survey found that 97 per cent of primary schools and 85 per cent of secondary schools actively encourage physical activity as part of the school day.

However, while this is improving, it is still low; just 11 per cent of primary and nine per cent of secondary schools hold this opinion compared with five per cent of all schools last year.

The percentage of these schools — secondary moderns — is higher than the 13 per cent of all secondary schools likely to be judged as coasting.

And of those schools rated outstanding, good or as requiring improvement whose performance deteriorated substantially, 47 per cent of primary schools and 33 per cent of secondary schools saw their Ofsted judgments improve.

In their report, the Runnymede Trust noted that only 10 per cent of secondary school classroom teachers are of BME origin compared to more than a quarter of pupils in secondary schools being from BME backgrounds.

We deliver SRE in 12 per cent of secondary schools where our sessions on healthy relationships are one of the most regularly requested.

Sixty - five per cent of the secondary school headteachers who responded to our survey reported that they have had to reduce teaching staff for financial reasons, with 44 per cent also restricting subject choice at GCSE and 40 per cent reducing subject choice at A-level.

The research shows that sixty - two per cent of secondary schools in England has increased the size of their classes in the last two years (2014/15 to 2016/17).

Indeed, 96.6 per cent of secondary schools currently take residential trips, with each organising an average of 2.6 a year, so figures prove that the educational benefits of LOtC are valued by the majority of teachers.

Internet Bandwidth As more learning content goes online, internet bandwidth requirements are generally increasing, with 34 per cent of secondary schools indicating an extensive requirement, compared to fewer than 10 per cent in 2005.

The survey also found that 51 per cent of primary school teachers, and 49 per cent of secondary school teachers need training in e-safety issues, while 51 per cent of primary school teachers are seen to need training in using assessment solutions.

Kent is the largest council 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.

It also found that on average, primary school pupils spend 53.7 per cent of their time engaging with ICT in the classroom, as do 55.5 per cent of secondary school pupils.

Less than half of the state - funded primary schools in England currently have access to a school business management professional while over 90 per cent of secondary schools do.

IT equipment was cut by 61 per cent of secondary school leaders and 44 per cent of primary leaders, while 46 per cent of primary leaders and 38 per cent of secondary leaders said their schools had foregone trips or outings.

BESA's survey of 1,204 school leaders (719 primary and 485 secondary) supported this notion of a divide between schools; revealing that 39 per cent of primary schools and 45 per cent of secondary schools felt their budget was big enough and that they were likely to maintain their planned ICT investments.

While back in the academic year 2014/15, 55 per cent of primary schools and 38 per cent of secondary schools said this would be a focus in budgets, this year we are seeing seven per cent of primary schools reducing their spending.

Croydon Council saw many benefits to using the system, and now more than 80 per cent of secondary schools in the area have become cashless, along with 75 per cent of primary schools in the same area.

The research showed that while 84 per cent of secondary schools and 56 per cent of primary schools offered some form of counselling services for students, almost half said that a lack of local services and knowing what support is appropriate hindered their provision of support.

In the annual report, the Chief Inspector of Schools is also expected to reveal that 90 per cent of all primary schools and nearly 80 per cent of all secondary schools are now rated either good or outstanding.

There are also regional variations in the supply of teachers, with the North East having the lowest proportion of schools reporting at least one vacancy (16.4 per cent of secondary schools), while Outer London (30.4 per cent) and the South East (26.4 per cent) had the highest.

In both primary and secondary schools, as expected, there is a strong shift to focusing budgets on maths resources (a purchasing priority for 24 per cent of primary schools and 27 per cent of secondary schools).

The data shows that a quarter of primary schools (26 per cent) looking for a new head have had to re-advertise in the first three months of this year, compared with 10 per cent of secondary schools.