Sentences with phrase «ensure young people in our schools»

So how do we as governors ensure young people in our schools are better included in decision making processes?

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If you are a parent of a high school student or a high schooler yourself, ensuring these skills are well understood and engrained will help any young person better succeed in personal -LSB-...]
Schools have a critical role to play in ensuring that young people have the skills they need to succeed.
I am delighted that the Labour candidate for the Liverpool mayoralty, Mr Anderson, has endorsed the extension of academy schools in Liverpool and I hope that the hon. Lady will join me in working to ensure that those schools transform outcomes for young people.
«We urge the Government to act now to ensure that every child and young person in every school is able to get the good quality SRE they so desperately want and need.»
The pilot will also ensure systems are in place to share appropriate information between CAMHS and schools, shared care arrangements are agreed for those young people requiring more intensive support, and that arrangements are in place to escalate / de-escalate as the young person's needs dictate.
I am committed to devolving more powers and funding to schools, and empowering teachers and head teachers to ensure that they are in the driving seat of school improvement in Scotland, supported by parents and children and young people themselves.
The Department for Education will target its programmes to ensure children get the best start in the early years, to build teaching and leadership capacity in schools, to increase access to university, to strengthen technical pathways for young people, and work with employers to improve young people's access to the right advice and experiences.
Our dedicated staff team work to ensure that community transport operators have the confidence in running their services, so they can concentrate on their vital work, ensuring that young people are able to get to school and take part fully in school life.
The report demonstrates how technology can used by schools in their approach to delivering PE lessons and to ensure young people monitor their activity levels and lead healthy lives.
The DofE's guiding principles are in line with schools» and academies» missions and PSHE programmes and the DofE actively supports these establishments to set up and run the DofE ensuring as many young people as possible have access to it.
Clear guidance will need to be given on the processes that will need to be in place so that schools can implement the legislative changes, especially in regard to the move to a single assessment process (removal of school action and school action plus) that ensures that all children and young people continue to get the support they need.
This is particularly important in school transport, where young people are supported by motivated organisations to get to where they need to be, and to ensure that transport is never a barrier to their educational attainment.
Hertfordshire County Council is committed to providing high quality education for children and young people, and will ensure that every child in the county has a school place.
«It is a real shame that outdoor education opportunities have decreased for many young people but we are proud to be one of the leading providers of outdoor education in the country, and given the positive impact of such opportunities on children and young people, we are keen to work with other schools, academy trusts and education providers to ensure that more students have access to outdoor learning.»
The qualification has been designed specifically for schools, to help them improve the standards of e-safety amongst staff and young people, and follows a 2010 report2 by Ofsted that recommends that schools should: • audit the training needs of all staff and provide training to improve their knowledge of and expertise in the safe and appropriate use of new technologies • work closely with all families to help them ensure that their children use new technologies safely and responsibly both at home and at school • provide an age - related, comprehensive curriculum for e-safety which enables pupils to become safe and responsible users of new technologies.
Since 2010 over 47,000 young people have taken part in this free project and the Design Museum team has worked with a diverse range of schools to ensure it continues to meet the needs of teachers and learners alike.
Walsall teen Phoebe Lago - Willetts is heading a campaign to ensure young people are being taught vital first aid in school.
A whole - school approach to wellbeing involves everyone in the school as well as the community — ensuring that a sense of connectedness and belonging is provided for young people (KidsMatter).
Since 2012 the Pathways to Prosperity Network, a collaboration between the Pathways to Prosperity Project at HGSE, Jobs for the Future, and 12 states, has focused on ensuring that many more young people complete high school, attain a postsecondary credential with currency in the labor market, and launch a career while leaving open the prospect of further education.
The goals included: narrowing the gap in literacy and numeracy achievement in primary schools and at GCSE; ensuring young people develop key strengths such as character and good mental health; narrowing the gulf in the numbers of youngsters continuing their education and training after GCSEs; and narrowing the gap between rich and poor students graduating from university.
«The government has reformed GCSEs and A levels so young people leave school with gold - standard qualifications, which ensures students are taught the knowledge and skills to succeed in the next stage of their education or career.
The legal framework in relation to the code of practice indicated that under Section 25 of the Children and Families Act 2014 local authorities (Schools) should ensure integration between educational provision, health and social care provisions, where this would promote wellbeing and improve the quality of provision for disabled young people and those with SEN. (page 38 of the Code of Practice).
Roy Perry, chairman of the Local Government Association's children and young people board, said: «While councils have a statutory duty to ensure every child has a school place available to them, they find themselves in the difficult position of not being able to ensure schools, including academies, expand.»
«Ensuring that our children and young people are always progressing is at the centre of all our work, and so I am delighted to see the continuing improvement in results at our schools.
Schools need support to ensure young people understand how to combine VET with their other school studies in a way that gives them the best chance of continuing in post-school training.
Hackney Council's Children and Young People's Scrutiny Commission has released a report into unregistered educational settings, calling on the government to strengthen legislation to ensure children in unregistered «schools» are safe.
The enormous interest generated by the Pathways report has led to the launch of the Pathways to Prosperity Network, a collaboration between the Pathways to Prosperity Project at HGSE, Jobs for the Future (JFF), and six states focused on ensuring that many more young people complete high school, attain a postsecondary credential with currency in the labor market, and launch into a career while leaving open the prospect of further education.
«Although we are pleased the draft SEN Code of Practice recognises the prominent role educational psychologists have in ensuring the wellbeing of all children and young people with special educational needs, we are concerned that there are not enough educational psychologists in nurseries, schools and colleges to carry out the proposals outlined in the draft.
This project will ensure more children and young people benefit from good quality SRE, something we believe should be a statutory part of the curriculum in all schools
For society to reap the benefit of quality physical education, the guidelines argue, planners must ensure that it is made available as readily to girls as it is to boys, to young people in school and to those who are not.
«This is the only way to restore the public service ethos in education, guarantee a high - quality education for all children and young people in England's schools, and ensure the accountability and public probity that parents and communities are entitled to expect of their education service.»
Speaking of student successes, Ms Morgan said: «We have raised the bar, and I know schools are already rising to the challenge — ensuring our young people leave school ready to succeed not just in Britain, but on the global stage.»
Slough and East Berkshire CofE Multi Academy Trust (SEBMAT) was established in 2013 to form a group of schools which can support each other to ensure the best possible outcomes for the young people in...
Increasingly children and young people are expected to attend extra tutoring or exam cramming sessions in their lunch breaks, after school, on Saturdays and in the school holidays to ensure they achieve the grades required by the Government's imposed league table targets.
«The focus on opening new grammar schools is, in my view, an unnecessary distraction from the need to ensure all our young people are equipped with the skills to compete in the modern workplace,» said Mr Carmichael.
The dramatic reforms come as part of a government drive to improve schools», pupils» and employers» confidence in the qualifications, ensuring that young people have the knowledge and skills needed to go on to work and further study.
The Coalition have recently published the revised Careers Guidance and Inspiration in Schools, that is very welcome and is a positive move towards supporting schools through, for example, further support to build stronger connections with employers and clarifying the role of governors to ensure that independent career guidance is provided to young Schools, that is very welcome and is a positive move towards supporting schools through, for example, further support to build stronger connections with employers and clarifying the role of governors to ensure that independent career guidance is provided to young schools through, for example, further support to build stronger connections with employers and clarifying the role of governors to ensure that independent career guidance is provided to young people.
A Department for Education spokesperson said: «As part of our plan for education we have made important reforms to our exam system to ensure young people leave school ready to succeed in life in modern Britain.
If we are really committed to ensuring that all young people have access to a good education, we need to improve the quality of schools, particularly in the north and coastal areas.»
We agree that our education system has a duty to ensure that young people in Texas graduate high school adequately prepared for life — whether that is pursuing postsecondary education, enlisting in the military, or joining our state's flourishing workforce.
«I want to ensure that more and more of our young people actively choose to study a modern foreign language as part of their school education, and develop the skills they need to thrive in a modern global economy.»
There is no question that much remains to be done to ensure that all our young people have the opportunity to participate in high quality afterschool programming that expands their learning experiences and helps them succeed in school and life.
Vicci Wells, Development Manager for Inclusive Sport Programmes at YST, discusses how schools can ensure young people have the confidence to get involved in physical and sporting initiatives.
The Chancellor needs to address this in his Budget by giving schools the money needed to ensure our children and young people get the education in the 21st century they both deserve and need.
«More investment is needed in the education system to meet rising costs and ensure that schools and colleges are able to deliver the outstanding education every young person deserves.»
GradMinnesota connects individuals and communities to engage stakeholders at all levels to ensure that all young people in Minnesota will graduate from high school prepared for success in postsecondary opportunity, work, civic engagement, and life.
The authors suggest three strategies to address the challenge: 1) school reform should be expanded to include «multiple pathways» for students instead of a narrow «college - for - all» focus; 2) employers should become more engaged in the development and support of these pathways; and 3) as a society, the U.S. should take collective responsibility for educating young people to ensure that they are well prepared for life after school.
The authors suggest three strategies to address the challenge: 1) school reform should be expanded to include «multiple pathways» for students instead of a narrow «college - for - all» focus; 2) employers should become more engaged in the development and support of these pathways; and 3) as a society, the U.S. should take collective responsibility for educating young people to ensure that they are well - prepared for life after school.
«It is clear that many schools and colleges need additional support if we are to ensure every young person, regardless of background, receives the life - changing advice and inspiration that they need to fulfil their potential and succeed in life.»
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