The College posted record results this year at GCSE and A Level, with 77 per cent 5 A * — C including English and Maths and 100 per
cent pass rate in the latter, with one in five being either an A or A * grade.
In 2009 Riverside Primary School in Rotherhithe, South East London, scored a 100 per
cent pass rate in Sats tests in English, maths and science after pupils were taught breathing exercises by a yoga teacher before the exams.
Not exact matches
The
rate of decline
in tradables prices continues to slow, suggesting that the maximum impact of the exchange
rate appreciation
in 2002 and 2003 has
passed; excluding food and petrol, tradables prices were only 0.6 per
cent lower
in the December quarter than a year previously.
Canada wasn't the focus of the panel discussion the governor was participating
in, but Carney did hint,
in passing, that the BoC is willing to put up with higher than two per
cent inflation
in order to avoid hurting highly indebted Canadian households by raising interest
rates too quickly.
Some pick - up
in inflation is likely
in 1998 as the favourable exchange
rate effects
pass but, provided growth
in labour costs is not excessive, price inflation should remain within the 2 to 3 per
cent range.
But as long as 1) inflation remains low, 2) profit margins remain wide (remember the $ 1.5 trillion tax cut package
passed in December slashed the corporate
rate to 21 per
cent from 35 per
cent), and 3) GDP is also not expected to go backwards, stocks will probably remain supported.
Moreover, Tosun's 74.1 per
cent pass - completion
rate was the highest among the Toffees» starting XI, while he came out on top
in 62.5 per
cent of the duels he contested.
In common with Jagielka, England international Keane's
passing was typically polished, the defensive partners both finding their intended recipient with 76.1 per
cent of
passes — a
rate inferior only to Schneiderlin's among Everton's starting XI.
One success story came
in Waukegan, where the Park District
passed a proposal allowing it to upgrade existing facilities and expand recreational programs by increasing its tax
rate by 25
cents per $ 100 of equalized assessed valuation.
«The two per
cent pass rate improvement is a result of the tremendous investment
in education over the last decade, the commitment of teachers and the application of the students.
In 2007, the overall A * - C pass rate for all UK entries increased from 62.4 per cent to 63.3 per cent, with one in five students achieving the highest A grad
In 2007, the overall A * - C
pass rate for all UK entries increased from 62.4 per
cent to 63.3 per
cent, with one
in five students achieving the highest A grad
in five students achieving the highest A grade.
Mr Johnson admitted that the overall decline
in entries «although not wholly unexpected, is disappointing», but noted that the A * to C
pass rate for languages has risen by 3.8 per
cent.
For example,
in the final against Italy, Dunga
passed the ball about 120 times with a 70 per
cent success
rate.
In addition, there has been an improvement in quality control, with our Libraries now meeting a 99 — 100 per cent pass rate and a reduction in sequencing lane failure rates to less than 5 per cen
In addition, there has been an improvement
in quality control, with our Libraries now meeting a 99 — 100 per cent pass rate and a reduction in sequencing lane failure rates to less than 5 per cen
in quality control, with our Libraries now meeting a 99 — 100 per
cent pass rate and a reduction
in sequencing lane failure rates to less than 5 per cen
in sequencing lane failure
rates to less than 5 per
cent.
Despite this slight drop
in top grades, marks have remained relatively stable, with overall
pass rates up by 0.1 per
cent.
We had a completion
rate of 77 per
cent, a
pass rate of 60 per
cent, and some of the causes we knew about: students had generally failed maths at Year 10, and
in many cases that was their only experience; they weren't very enthusiastic; there were some attendance [and] behavioural issues.
The recalculated results reduced the
pass rate of Harris Academy Greenwich
in London by 15 per
cent for the cohort taking exams
in 2011.
The minor tweaks that occur at national level — setting the «C grade» boundary at one point higher to reduce a
pass rate by 0.3 per
cent rather than to see it rise by 2.5 per
cent, for example — may be a minor tweak nationally, but
in some of our academies and schools this causes a tsunami effect.
Overall, GCSE
pass rates in sponsored academies fell 5.2 per
cent compared with a 4.1 per
cent drop
in maintained schools.
He added: «It's also important to stress that the provisional data released this week is incomplete,
in that it doesn't include the results from one of Wolverhampton's most successful schools, which the council believes will increase the city's overall
pass rate by approximately four per
cent.
The 2016 GCSE results are out and show a sharp fall of 2.1 percentage points
in the
pass rate, down to 66.9 per
cent for A * - C grades.
The chief inspector warned that almost one
in three secondary schools
in the region, which had a GCSE
pass rate of less than 55 per
cent last year, were inadequate or required improvement, and raised particular concerns about attainment of poorer pupils and those
in care.
In August, the national average
pass rate was announced by the Joint Council for Qualifications as being 67 per
cent, but the recently released data describes it as 83 per
cent.