Sentences with phrase «cent of secondary schools said»

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.

The research, undertaken with a representative sample of 906 school leaders by the National Education Research Panel (NERP), reveals that 53 per cent of primary schools and 52 per cent of secondary schools say their school is not adequately funded to provide a suitable teaching and learning environment.

The research, undertaken with a representative sample of 906 school leaders by the National Education Research Panel (NERP), reveals that 53 per cent of primary schools and 52 per cent of secondary schools say their school isn't adequately funded to provide a suitable teaching and learning environment.

Rise in orders Looking ahead to the 2014/15 academic year, an increasing number of schools indicate funding will be in - line with the recent past, while 13 per cent of primary and eight per cent of secondary schools say it will increase.

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.

However it is a shame that with the proven benefits of e-books our research indicates that 58 per cent of primary schools and 17 per cent of secondary schools say they make no use of eBooks.

While 42 per cent of the secondary schools say the benefits of content solutions are «very important», not all of the schools reported seeing time and cost benefits from using EdTech.

Not exact matches

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.

Caveating his concerns, the man of God said his comments should not be misinterpreted as an endorsement of corruption or wrongdoing, but rather a warning about the destruction of the private sector which has the potential of providing jobs for over 95 per cent of employable graduates and secondary school leavers, since, according to him, the public and civil service has room for just about five per cent of all employable Ghanaians.

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.

Poor Wi - Fi provision is cited as an issue affecting 65 per cent of primary schools and 54 per cent of secondary schools, and a significant number (42 per cent of schools in the primary sector and 31 per cent of secondary schools) said their broadband provision did not meet requirements.

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.

85 per cent of secondary schools and 62 per cent of primary schools said they disagreed with the idea.

Roy Perry, chairman of the children and young people board at the Local Government Association, said ranking councils by school results «disguises the fact that over 60 per cent of secondary schools are now academies, leaving councils powerless to intervene early and build an improvement programme».

In addition to this, almost two - thirds (65 per cent) of the secondary school heads polled said that their school had cut back on teaching staff to save money.

Of 1,696 secondary school pupils surveyed, 81 per cent said that social media sites needed to do more to protect young users from inappropriate or harmful content.

A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM Our survey found that over 16 per cent of administrators in primary and secondary schools said that they had been abused on five or more separate occasions during the past year.

43 per cent of state secondary school teachers say they would rarely or never advise their bright pupils to apply to Oxbridge, according to a new poll published by the Sutton Trust

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.

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.

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.

Looking ahead to the next year, 79 per cent of primary leaders and 92 per cent of secondary leaders say they are not optimistic about funding for their schools.

The levy, which the government has said will raise # 520 million, will also pay for an extended school day at 25 per cent of secondary schools in the most disadvantaged areas of England, and fund the expansion of healthy breakfast clubs.

At secondary level, 74 per cent of school leaders said their schools had been forced to cut teachers over the last year due to tight budgets, with a similar proportion saying the same about teaching assistants.

The proportion of good and outstanding secondary schools has increased overall this year (from 71 per cent in 2014 to 74 per cent), Sir Michael said this is down to a greater improvement in the south (79 per cent now good or outstanding) whereas in the north and Midlands just 68 per centof secondary schools are good or better.

It said that at «other Christian» free schools opened under the cap, 55 per cent of pupils were white, but in fully - religiously selective «other Christian» secondary schools, 85 per cent of pupils were white.

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.

23 per cent of secondary leaders said their school is not confident about teaching the third wave of new GCSEs from September 2017.

Of around 600 secondary teachers who responded to the survey, 60 per cent said their school had cut the range of non-EBacc subjects, while 64 per cent reported having fewer vocational options available to pupilOf around 600 secondary teachers who responded to the survey, 60 per cent said their school had cut the range of non-EBacc subjects, while 64 per cent reported having fewer vocational options available to pupilof non-EBacc subjects, while 64 per cent reported having fewer vocational options available to pupils.

Comprehensive schools came a close second with 41 per cent, while secondary moderns was the least favoured choice with just 12 per cent of parents saying they would prefer their child to learn at one.

Similarly only 61 per cent of respondents thought that grammar schools achieved the aim of producing children who are «confident and self - assured adults», only slightly more than the 58 per cent who said this about the secondary moderns.

Despite a lack of faith in the results of primary assessments, 64 per cent of secondary teachers said their school created ability sets by using KS2 data, raising further questions about the efficacy of ability groupings.

Our study of 78 secondary schools, conducted in 2015, found that although three out of four teachers say they teach all the topics that comprise a comprehensive sexuality education curriculum, only two per cent of the students say they learned this material.