Sentences with phrase «end of primary school»

The DfE paper continues: «It seems likely that candidates are being entered before they are ready, and «banking» a C grade where their performance at Key Stage 2 [end of primary school] would suggest that if they had continued to study the subject and taken the GCSE at the end of year 11 they could have achieved a top grade.»

For those who want to know roughly what schools are teaching: Level 3 — the beginning of Key Stage 1 — is usually started at the age of about 7 - 8 in schools; level 4 is started around age 9 and is the average achievement level expected in SATS Key Stage 2 tests at the end of the primary school years (age 11).

Since 1997, more than 465,000 children have left primary school with no «useful literacy», meaning that they did not reach a Level 3 in their SATs tests taken at the end of primary school.

The proportion of children achieving the expected level in reading, writing and mathematics at the end of primary school has increased since 2011 - 2012.

Pupils in England who get poor results in their Sats tests at the end of primary school will face a resit in secondary school if the Conservatives form the next government.

As the most recent statistics on childhood obesity were released — which, incidentally, showed that around one in five children is overweight or obese as they start school, rising to around a third of children by the end of primary school — we launched a white paper setting out what we want to see in the forthcoming national child obesity strategy.

A new study has found that children with advanced reading skills at the end of primary school will see the benefits in their pay packets before they reach the age of 40.

It has been reported that if the Conservatives form the next government, pupils in England who achieve poor results at the end of primary school will face possible resits when they begin secondary school.

Overall, 80 per cent reach level 4 by the end of primary school.

Additionally, the proportion of children reaching the reading standard by the end of primary school remains at an all - time high and has improved from 83 per cent to 89 per cent since 2010 - which equates to 33,300 more children in total.

A significantly lower proportion of children reach the expected level in their GCSEs than at the end of primary school (55.9 % vs. 78 % in 2014)

They identified 26 chains out of 48, more than half, where disadvantaged pupils with lower grades at the end of primary schools made more progress than in state schools generally.

The latest data shows that 59 per cent of pupils who are eligible for free school meals achieved the expected standard in maths by the end of primary school, compared to over three - quarters (78 per cent) of all other pupils.

«In my work I look at what's happening from preschool to the first year of formal schooling in particular, but it's the same for Year 6 — for the end of primary school to the first year of secondary school.

Aimed at bridging the attainment gap for students, Progress 8 will capture the progress a student makes from the end of primary school to the end of secondary school, and as such level the playing field for all students.

But the new measures are based on GCSE results from grades A * to G across eight subjects, known as Attainment 8, along with another measure, known as Progress 8, which measures how a student progresses through secondary school, taking into account their ability at the end of primary school.

The gap between poor pupils» attainment at the end of primary school and the end of secondary has widened, according to research by the Social Mobility Commission.

The report reveals that those already behind at five are four times more likely to fall below expected standards of reading by the end of primary school than those who started school on track.

The proportion of pupils who achieved highly by the end of primary school who then went on to achieve A / A * in their GCSEs in the North and Midlands was 6 percentage points lower than in the rest of the country.

Four in 10 teachers (40 percent) believe that gender biases around STEM have already been established by the end of primary school.

By the end of primary school, the percentage of obese children has doubled to one in five.

A number of teaching staff complained that the pressure placed on children at the age of 10 and 11 and the end of primary school was «excessive», with come arguing that the government was to blame for raising the stakes on testing.

From 2007 to 2016, the gap by the end of primary school has narrowed by 2.8 months and the gap by age five4 has narrowed by 1.2 months.

Initial research by the SMF found that regional differences in attainment were already apparent by the end of primary school and are observable even when you control other factors such as ethnicity and income.

Research by the Sutton Trust in 2014 showed that pupils eligible for free school meals who scored in the top 10 per cent nationally at the end of primary school were significantly less likely to be entered for the EBacc, compared to their wealthier peers who achieved the same level aged 11.

The letter outlines a number of concerns including: low attainment for pupils at the end of primary school and a failure by council leaders to drive rapid improvement in Central Bedfordshire; and a higher than average proportion of schools in Cambridgeshire that have been judged to either require improvement or to be inadequate.

In Bedfordshire, just 55 % of FSM pupils reach the minimum standards for reading, writing and mathematics at the end of primary school.

Data showed that in Bedfordshire 55 per cent of FSM pupils achieved minimum standards for reading, writing and mathematics at the end of primary school, with less than 30 per cent of students achieving the gold standard of five A * to C grades at GCSE.

Few surprises are expected from this year's crop of GCSEs, with results in England now tied to the performance of the same year group of pupils in key stage two exams at the end of primary school.

Pupils in England who get poor results in their Sats at the end of primary school will face a resit in secondary school if the Conservatives form the next government.

In the letters, he flags up a number of week points including: low attainment for pupils at the end of primary school and a failure by council leaders to drive rapid improvement in Central Bedfordshire, and a higher than average proportion of schools in Cambridgeshire that have been judged to either require improvement or to be inadequate.

Participating students received 20 - minute one to one sessions with a volunteer coach each weekday for five weeks at the end of primary school and for a further 10 weeks at the start of secondary school.

It looks at how much progress pupils make on the new Attainment 8 measure compared to pupils with the same starting point, recorded at the end of primary school.

They will be considered to be performing well if 85 % or more pupils meet a new set standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school, or if pupils make good enough progress between starting school at age four and finishing at age 11.

The data shows how well pupils in England have performed academically at the end of primary school

The document said: «The government strongly welcomes the campaign's commitment to inspiring families to read more at home, giving parents the confidence to encourage children to build this daily reading habit up to reading a book a week by the end of primary school.

Dr Kevan Collins, Chief Executive of the EEF, said: «We applaud the focus on what we know is a key juncture in children's lives - we want to find out what actually makes the difference in nurturing the literacy and life skills at the end of primary school that are so important for the springboard to success in secondary schooling and beyond.»

A Department for Education spokeswoman said: «Schools will be held to account either for ensuring all children make sufficient progress from reception to the end of primary school, or for ensuring at least 85 % achieve the expected level in reading, writing and maths.

Plans to improve pupils» mastery of times tables were first introduced in the 2015 Conservative manifesto, backed up by a promise from Nick Gibb of «a short computerised test at the end of primary school».

Progress and Attainment 8 measure how a student progresses through secondary school, taking into account their ability at the end of primary school.

The Progress 8 initiative was introduced in 2016 to try and capture all pupils» average progress from the end of primary school to the end of secondary school, information that is then translated into a rating for the school, but concerns have began to surface.

This was when 70 % of the top quarter of high achieving pupils at the end of primary school acquired a grammar school place.

-- If children do not meet Level four in their «exams» at the end of primary school, they must resit at secondary school

Ofqual also says exam boards will use test results from national curriculum tests (Sats) taken at the end of primary school to predict the likely achievement at the new grades of one, four and seven.

The latest data shows that just over half (54 %) of pupils who are eligible for free school meals achieved the expected standard in maths by the end of primary school, compared to almost three - quarters (73 %) of all other pupils.

However, she added: «Whilst quotas or other measures might help, the fundamental problem in the system is the very large gap in achievement between free school meals pupils, and others, at the end of primary school.»

The spokesman said that tests at the end of primary school «help teachers understand how pupils are doing and identify where additional support is needed, as well as helping us make sure schools are doing well.