Sentences with phrase «to drive up standards»
When we consider driving up standards in schools, investment in technology always appears to take centre stage.
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And the evidence clearly shows that free schools drive up standards of nearby schools in the local community, particularly the ones which are lower performing.
Supporters argue that the tables help drive up standards by increasing the accountability of schools and providing valuable information for parents.
The bottom line is that we are driving up standards through the recognition of current competence amongst our car and commercial vehicle technicians.
This is particularly important as we continue with our programme of radical education reform, focused on driving up standards across the board.
The government says free schools will meet parental demand in areas where there is a shortage of places and help drive up standards by providing competition.
We must learn from these groups to further drive up standards.
The government argues academies drive up standards by putting more power in the hands of head teachers over pay, length of the school day and term times.
And supporters argue free schools offer choice and quality, as well as new school places, and drive up standards in other schools as a result.
The benefits of effective procurement practices includes: Financial savings that can then be re-invested in your priorities for driving up standards; goods or services purchased are fit for purpose; suppliers deliver (and continue to deliver) as agreed; legal and financial obligations are complied with.
«The Inaugural World Ski Awards will recognise, reward and celebrate the resorts, brands, accommodation providers and operators who are behind this growth while driving up standards within the industry to ensure that brands exceed expectations,» he added.
GDPR inflating the financial risks around handling personal data should naturally drive up standards — because privacy laws are suddenly a whole lot more costly to ignore.
Latest figures show academies are driving up standards at primary and secondary, transforming the education of millions of pupils across the country.»
«Our reforms will drive up standards right across the board - bring the best graduates into the classroom, giving new powers for teachers to keep order and developing a world - class curriculum.»
The Welsh Liberal Democrat manifesto outlined a commitment to «develop the status of the profession, support and nurture teachers in their work, and so drive up standards in every school».
Maude said: «Information enables choice — which creates competition which drives up standards.
«We will continue to use this evidence to drive up standards even further for all pupils so that they leave school prepared for future success in their education and beyond, helping to build a Britain that is fit for the future.»
Research suggests that providing well - balanced, nutritious school meals not only improves children's general health but also drives up standards in classrooms, with well - nourished pupils showing clear academic benefits.
A spokesperson for the DfE said the government «recognised there were challenges» and added that Justine Greening, education secretary, had «set out her ambition to continue driving up standards through investment in professional development so the best teachers stay in the profession.»
Since 2014, more than 80 % of mainstream free schools have been approved in areas where there was a need for more school places, while others are opened in response to parental demand to create competition and drive up standards where existing provision is not adequate.
Ministers say they will drive up standards because their head teachers and governing bodies have more freedom over the curriculum, teachers» pay and conditions and the school day than other state - funded schools.
«We welcome the inquiry, which will help drive up standards of care and expose bad practice.
Ministers had argued that the new landscape would provide a high level of autonomy to schools and help drive up standards through greater innovation and competition in the system.
This could lead schools to be turned in to academies - seen by the government as the vehicle for driving up standards, but by union leaders as an experiment which will damage children's education and teachers» pay and conditions.
A key part of the 2010 Coalition Government's education strategy, free schools were introduced to create a more autonomous and self - improving school system by driving up standards through greater school choice and increased local competition.
We welcome further suggestions and collaborations from any interested parties who want to enhance skills and drive up standards within this sector.»
«We believe the «parental trigger» will be an important legal right for parents and a way of driving up standards in schools that aren't performing well.»
GDPR inflating the financial risks around handling personal data should naturally drive up standards — because privacy laws are suddenly a whole lot more costly to ignore.
It goes on: «The paper finds that competition is driving up standards at both primary and secondary level.
Mr Andrews said: «The National Literacy and Numeracy Framework sets clear, realistic and achievable expectations for the teaching of literacy and numeracy and will be a critical tool in driving up standards across the board.
A Department for Education spokeswoman said: «We are driving up standards right across the board by bringing the best graduates into teaching, developing a world - class curriculum, and restoring order to our classrooms.
Britax puts their seats through challenges that most manufacturers don't, driving up standards and driving down injury rates.
«I believe that a broader remit for BBC Scotland television news would drive up standards, increase job opportunities for journalists here in Scotland, and build audiences.»
At the top of that agenda is democratic localism, which advocates strong local government taking big decisions on public services in response to local demand and in order to drive up standards.
For over two decades, we've been told competition would drive down the cost of public services and drive up standards.
The current secretary of state for education, Nicky Morgan, has spoken recently of her commitment to the «self - improving, school - led system», characterised by bottom - up innovations coming from «networks of schools and teachers collaborating with one another to drive up standards».
As the Carruthers report explains, innovation in the NHS has the capacity both to save lives and drive up standards of care in the health service, but also to promote efficiency and reduce the cost burden of treatments and procedures.
«The plans to use academy chains to drive up standards is nothing more than yet another strategy to seek to promote and impose the Government's ideological academisation programme, despite the fact that there is no evidence that this raises standards.
The Conservatives said the report highlighted serious flaws in the government's literacy strategy, with independent assessments repeatedly contradicting the government's claim to be driving up standards.
Information published this week shows that the Welsh Government's flagship scheme to drive up standards of rented accommodation in Wales, Rent Smart Wales, is still lagging behind.
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Scientific Reports will provide PLoS ONE with a rival and help drive up standards, says Wilde.
Caroline Wright, Director General, BESA said: «EdTech has tremendous transformative potential to drive up standards of education in classrooms globally.
The aim of the funds is to drive up standards, and the programmes will take place at academies and maintained schools across the country.
Parliamentary under secretary of state for the school system, Lord Nash, commented: «The 52 new schools will provide much - needed places and encourage innovation, driving up standards and ensuring even more parents have the choice of a good school place for their child.»
Secondly, whilst in more recent times there is more emphasis on the need for places, in fact the genesis of the idea behind the free school programme was to allow those who could demonstrate they could run schools successfully (be they parent groups, foundations and sponsors or indeed other schools) to be allowed to do so in an attempt to use competition to drive up standards.
Business leaders develop the know - how to tackle some of our society's toughest problems and have the drive and energy to overcome challenges - qualities that translate directly to driving up standards in schools.