Sentences with phrase «ethnic minority pupils»

It is advantaged white pupils that both the white working class and ethnic minority pupils perform significantly worse than, according to the data.

Teenagers in London get better GCSE results than their peers in the rest of the country because of the higher proportion of ethnic minority pupils in the capital, research has found.

«One in seven ethnic minority pupils in England and Wales attend a Catholic school, including more than one in five black children.»

Inequality in educational provision is set to increase for ethnic minority pupils, a research report published today by the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, has found.

The Association of School and College Leaders, which represents most secondary head teachers, is reported to be considering legal action against exam boards over the late grading system on the grounds that it could hit ethnic minority pupils and disadvantaged youngsters hardest.

In secondary schools the proportion of ethnic minority pupils has risen to 27.9 per cent, from 26.6 per cent last year.

The full impact of cuts to education services are yet to be realised but with cuts to local authority support services and libraries many schools are already struggling to afford vital resources such as those for special needs and ethnic minority pupils.

This ended the requirement for schools to spend this money solely on supporting the needs of ethnic minority pupils and students with English as an additional language.

The data also showed an upward trend in the number of ethnic minority pupils, with 31.4 per cent of primary pupils defined as being from ethnic minorities, a one per cent increase on the previous year.

The report shows that Catholic schools in England and Wales recruit disproportionate numbers of both economically deprived and ethnic minority pupils.

Schools are described as segregated if the proportion of ethnic minority pupils or students on free school meals is different to the proportion of pupils from the 10 nearest schools in the area

The research follows last years report by the Centre for Market and Public Organisation at Bristol University which suggested that the reason for London's schools» success, compared to the rest of the country, was its higher proportion of ethnic minority pupils.

The upward trend in the number of ethnic minority pupils has continued - with 31.4 % of primary pupils defined as being from ethnic minorities, up from 30.4 % last year.

There are funds for specialist schools, academies, extended schools, ethnic minority pupils, and one - to - one tuition, which will now all be wrapped in with the core school funding.

Catholic schools also have a higher proportion of ethnic minority pupils than average, says the New Schools Network.