Sentences with phrase «for disadvantaged pupils»

We have put in place measures specifically to support teachers through increased funding for disadvantaged pupils and better opportunities for professional development.

A total of 37 selective schools recorded negative scores for their disadvantaged pupils in 2017.

All will receive a share of # 1 million to help them to continue to provide music education for disadvantaged pupils in their area.

It has called for the development of national benchmarks and targets for improvements in outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.

It identified five chains that are promoting high attainment for disadvantaged pupils.

Summer schools for disadvantaged pupils face closures as a result of having their funding withdrawn.

Schools should publish progress measures for disadvantaged pupils on their websites, a new report has claimed, after revealing stark differences between how schools are closing the gap.

The user friendly, online packages deliver evidence of narrowing the gap for disadvantaged pupils and aim to empower education professionals.

However, while the potential impact of these approaches is very high, particularly for disadvantaged pupils, less is known about how to apply them effectively in the classroom.

We will fund a significant premium for disadvantaged pupils from outside the schools budget by reductions in spending elsewhere.

The government should automatically reward schools that successfully and consistently improve results for their disadvantaged pupils.

All schools invited to apply must have good value added measures for their disadvantaged pupils too.

The researchers found that, on average, academy chains do better for their disadvantaged pupils with low prior attainment.

One chain performed at the mainstream average for disadvantaged pupils.

Between 2011 - 15, pupil premium funding has provided # 6 billion worth of support for disadvantaged pupils.

The agreement promises to «fund a significant premium for disadvantaged pupils from outside the schools budget by reductions in spending elsewhere».

The pupil premium is extra funding that schools receive for every disadvantaged pupil and is worth # 2.5 billion this year alone.

Test results for this target have been rising for disadvantaged pupils so the attainment gap has narrowed.

The report highlights how outcomes for disadvantaged pupils vary massively across academy chains.

The study found that while there can be gains for disadvantaged pupils in struggling primary schools that convert, most successful schools that are transformed into academies are unlikely to improve further.

Teachers had mixed views on whether the live transcripts might have additional benefit for disadvantaged pupils or their peers.

That is why we introduced the pupil premium, worth # 2.5 bn per year by 2015, to target additional funding for disadvantaged pupils.

A total of 29 free schools achieved a positive score overall, and 16 reached a positive score for disadvantaged pupils.

The scheme is specifically targeted at reducing the gap in attainment and attainment for disadvantaged pupils.

His particular areas of interest are mathematics, music, performing arts, leadership at all levels and strategies to improve outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.

Most of the country's summer schools for disadvantaged pupils will close next year as a result of having their funding withdrawn by the Government, it has been predicted.

All schools also must have good value added measures for their disadvantaged pupils.

The pupil premium is extra funding schools receive for every disadvantaged pupil they teach and is worth # 2.5 billion this year alone.

Selective schools had the widest range of progress 8 scores for disadvantaged pupils at flagship schools in 2017, with a gap of 4.09 between the lowest and highest scores.

GSHA chief executive Jim Skinner said: «We look forward to working with the Department for Education through the memorandum of understanding, to continue and further extend the work that member schools have undertaken in recent years, to increase access for disadvantaged pupils and to support other schools to raise standards for all children.»

Just # 1 million will be shared between seven «In harmony» orchestral training projects helping to provide music education for disadvantaged pupils around the country.

Last year, schools minister Nick Gibb stated that the Grammar School Heads Association (GHSA) would arrange a commitment to improving the admissions rate for disadvantaged pupils with a formal agreement with the Department for Education.

Research conducted by the Sutton Trust in 2013 found that in selective areas on average 18 per cent of pupils are entitled to free school meals - an important indicator of social deprivation - but make up only three per cent of grammar school entrants, which would appear to support the claim that grammar schools can act as a barrier to social mobility for disadvantaged pupils.

«We welcome signs of improvement for disadvantaged pupils in today's tables.

Instead, the main funding for disadvantage pupils takes the form of the # 2.5 bn pupil premium, available to all schools, reflecting the view expressed by Wilshaw in Unseen Children that

His words were echoed by Ed Vainker, principal at Reach Academy Feltham in west London, which came third with a score of 1.24 for disadvantaged pupils compared with 0.95 for other pupils.

Twenty - eight schools have overcome the odds and achieved the highest levels of progress and achievement for their disadvantaged pupils, analysis by Schools Week reveals.

That's why we are protecting schools spending and enhancing it for the least well - off, offering free nursery education for disadvantaged two - year - olds and introducing a pupil premium, worth hundreds of pounds for each disadvantaged pupil.

Targeted resources bode well for the «pupil premium» policy, which provides additional resources for disadvantaged pupils who are eligible for free school meals.

It also calls for funding agreements with sponsors to be shortened from seven to five years, and demands that the government include a measure of progress for disadvantaged pupils within their «coasting» definition.

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), in partnership with the Royal Society, has launched an investigation into ways to improve science results for disadvantaged pupils across England.

A recent piece of research from the Education Endowment Fund has found that giving pupils memorable experiences to write about, such as educational visits to zoos, farms and country parks and talks with war veterans, can improve their literacy skills by the equivalent of nine months — and 18 months for disadvantaged pupils on free school meals.

Wilshaw used London as an example of how a non-selective state education system works for disadvantaged pupils.

The Food, Families, Futures (FFF) programme was set up by the Children in Scotland charity to combat food poverty in local communities, as well as provide activities for disadvantaged pupils over summer.

During the speech Gibb reiterated the government's pledge to improve opportunities for disadvantaged pupils and challenged local councils to introduce more measures to improve schools.

This will make it easier to prioritise and resource LOtC; ensuring that commitment to LOtC is underpinned in school policy and the learning development plan; mobilising support from governors, staff, parents and the wider community; supporting the CPD of the team to improve the quality of teaching through more effective use of LOtC; and utilising pupil premium funding to finance trips for disadvantaged pupils.

Selective schools seeking to grow will have to give priority for disadvantaged pupils in their admissions arrangements

220 state school pupils will have the opportunity to learn to code through the programmes, which are designed to widen access to the tech sector for disadvantaged pupils.

UK wide support for disadvantaged pupils for those considering and going to university, starting before age 16.

Find out how Surface is helping Andrew Fitzgerald to bring music to life for disadvantaged pupils at Long Beach Unified School District.