Over # 1 million has been saved by schools in exam entry fees last year as a result of
entering more pupils on time.
Not exact matches
Schools that book trips to The Varsity Match for 20 or
more pupils will be
entered into a free prize draw to win one of four special coaching clinics at the stadium in - between the women's and men's Varsity Matches on Thursday 6 December 2018.
All schools that book trips of 20
pupils or
more by Sunday 13 November will be
entered into the prize draw.
«If it is the case that
pupils from the same year group have been marked
more harshly if they
entered later, that would be patently unfair,» shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg declared earlier.
A further problem is that increasing taxes on high achievers yet
more will put them way beyond the Laffer Curve prompting Ireland to
enter the market for a start The next problem is that you assume a «
Pupil Premium» is a popular idea.
As a result
more than a fifth (22 %) say they have been forced to claim job seekers allowance; nearly two thirds (64 %) of supply teachers say they do not have access to training and professional development opportunities; Nearly two thirds (64 %) of supply teachers say they do not have any access to a mentor or line manager to discuss their work; Nearly half (44 %) of supply teachers feel they are used to cover the lessons of
more challenging
pupils; only 31 % of supply teachers said they were always made to feel welcome when
entering a new school; over a third (35 %) of supply teachers did not always have access to food and drink facilities in the schools where they worked.
The data also reveals that
more pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, SEN
pupils and
pupils on free school meals are being
entered for EBacc subjects since last year — helping ensure
pupils have the knowledge and skills they need for future success.
This year, an additional 23 schools throughout England have
entered into the Mandarin Excellence Programme, meaning hundreds
more pupils will soon have the opportunity to learn this advanced skill.
PUPIL ATTAINMENT Before the initial decline in 2013,
pupils with high prior attainment were
more likely to
enter for at least one arts subject, in comparison to those with medium or low prior attainment.
According to Schools Week, Cath Jadhav, associate director of standards and comparability at Ofqual, said that
more pupils in lower ability sets were likely to have been
entered for the English Literature GCSE this year, so they are counted in Progress 8 measures.
Richer
pupils were 3.8 times
more likely to
enter university in 2016 compared to their
more disadvantaged peers, according to a new report from UCAS.
At that time, the country did not realize it was about to
enter a deep recession followed by a prolonged, uneven recovery, and 50 % of the public was ready to spend
more on schools even after being told current levels of per -
pupil expenditure in the local school district.
«Before 2013,
pupils with high prior attainment were
more likely than those with medium or low prior attainment to
enter at least one arts subject,» the report found.
One of the reasons for Barton's concern is that
pupil numbers are expected to rise considerably over the next nine years leading to a demand for
more teachers
entering classrooms, not fewer.
More pupils are being
entered into «traditional» subjects such as maths and science in response to the Ebacc, Ofqual boss Glenys Stacey has claimed.
In fact, a
pupil attending a private prep school is ten times
more likely to
enter a grammar than a
pupil on free school meals.
This is because
pupils at English state schools
enter, on average, nine GCSEs and equivalent qualifications, rising to
more than 10 for
more able
pupils.
But it argues that if
pupils are
entered for exams at the expected time - at the end of a two - year course - they are
more likely to do better.
Schools that
enter large numbers of
pupils into a fast - track ICT qualification could see Progress 8 scores drop if Ofqual or the DfE recalibrated grades to reflect
more closely how
pupils score in other GCSEs, a new analysis has claimed.
When the Progress 8 measure for schools was implemented in 2016, we saw an increase of
more than 10 percentage points in the proportion of
pupils entered for four of the EBacc subjects (English, maths, science, languages, computing science, history and geography).
He said most of the improvement is driven by disadvantaged
pupils entering more of the qualifications that count under Attainment 8.
The Ofqual figures show that the number of entries from
pupils entering GCSEs a year or
more early has fallen from 842,000 last summer to 505,000 in summer 2014.
«We know there are some local challenges, the truth is despite rising
pupil numbers and the competitive jobs market a stronger economy has created,
more people are
entering the teaching profession than leaving it, there are 13,100
more teachers today than when we came to office and the ratio of teachers to
pupils is stable with
more teachers also choosing to come back to the classroom,» he said.
Gibb said: «We know there are some local challenges, the truth is despite rising
pupil numbers and the competitive jobs market a stronger economy has created,
more people are
entering the teaching profession than leaving it, there are 13,100
more teachers today than when we came to office and the ratio of teachers to
pupils is stable with
more teachers also choosing to come back to the classroom.
In December, her main concerns had evolved toward polishing up the routine of getting
pupils to
enter, settle down, and start working in a
more disciplined and faster manner, anticipating and managing the troublemaking behaviors of certain
pupils, and reflecting upon how one should act in difficult situations.
The report said the increase was «particularly marked» for
pupils with low prior attainment (up from 1.3 to 1.9), adding: «This suggests some of the increase in the attainment 8 score is driven by schools» behaviour change as
pupils enter more qualification that count towards the new measures.»
More pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, Special Educational Needs (SEN)
pupils and
pupils on free school meals are being
entered for English Baccalaureate (EBacc) subjects compared to last year, ensuring
pupils have the knowledge and skills they need for future success; and
There is also speculation that
more pupils in Wales, where there are no school league tables, may be
entered for exams they might not perform well in, in comparison to elsewhere.
The same applies to sunglasses: even the darkest pair of sunglasses you own is not remotely dark enough to protect your eyes and, ironically, wearing them will actually make eye damage worse — your
pupils will dilate behind them, allowing
more damaging light from the eclipse to
enter your eye.