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.
The 906 UK schools (600 primary, 306 secondary) that we interviewed as part of our annual «Resources in English Maintained Schools» survey revealed that 63 per cent of primary and 46 per
cent of secondary schools feel they are adequately funded — an 8.6 per cent increase from 2013.
Our research showed that an increasing number of schools are optimistic about all areas of funding with 63 per cent of primary and 46 per
cent of secondary schools feeling they are adequately funded, an 8.6 per cent increase from 2013.
Not exact matches
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.
In fact, 51 per
cent of secondary pupils and 60 per
cent of primary pupils
felt that using a tablet or other device at
schools every day made them more aware
of using the internet safely.
Just under one quarter
of survey respondents (23 per
cent)
felt their primary and
secondary schools were adequately preparing students for the workplace - regionally the percentages ranged from 33 per
cent in South East Asia to 13 per
cent in Latin America.
The position
of secondary schools is also stabilising, with 52 per
cent currently
feeling well - resourced.
New research by online tutor service, Tutor Hunt, today revealed that 88 per
cent of primary and
secondary students surveyed
felt there is pressure on them to perform to a certain level in exams, yet almost half (42 per
cent) revealed that despite this, their
school does not, or is unable to, offer any additional support.
Seventy - one per
cent want a closer relationship with teachers compared to 62 %
of secondary school parents, and two thirds (66 %)
feel their child would benefit from them being more involved.
Our annual «Impact
of New Technologies» survey into the views
of English Maintained
Schools on a range of new technologies used by teachers and students carried out in conjunction with the National Education Research Panel (NERP) shows that an increasing majority of schools (56 per cent primary, 65 per cent secondary schools) feel they are now definitely unable, or unlikely to be able, to maintain planned new technologies investments for 2
Schools on a range
of new technologies used by teachers and students carried out in conjunction with the National Education Research Panel (NERP) shows that an increasing majority
of schools (56 per cent primary, 65 per cent secondary schools) feel they are now definitely unable, or unlikely to be able, to maintain planned new technologies investments for 2
schools (56 per
cent primary, 65 per
cent secondary schools) feel they are now definitely unable, or unlikely to be able, to maintain planned new technologies investments for 2
schools)
feel they are now definitely unable, or unlikely to be able, to maintain planned new technologies investments for 2011/12.
Seventy - two per
cent of primary pupils said that their behaviour at
school is better after a residential and 71 per
cent of secondary pupils
felt more strongly motivated to learn.
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.
Earlier this week a poll
of more than 1,600 teachers by the National Education Union and UK Feminista — a prominent feminist activist group — revealed that 27 per
cent of secondary teachers would not
feel confident tackling a sexist incident at
school.
A poll
of more than 1,600 teachers by the National Education Union (NEU) and UK Feminista — a prominent feminist activist group — found that 27 per
cent of secondary teachers would not
feel confident tackling a sexist incident at
school.
Only 47 per
cent of parents
felt concerned by this, but poorer or younger parents were more likely to be worried, as were those with children at
secondary school.