Sentences with phrase «for school league tables»

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She is head of Sutterton Fourfields School, in Boston, which came bottom of the Lincolnshire area league table for...

The league tables show schools with «a religious ethos» make up 62 % of the schools that reached the government's targets for pupil's levels of reading, writing and maths.

fewer than a third of parents (29 %) checked the league table position when choosing a school, with most parents (54 %) looking online for general information and talking to parents of current pupils (53 %);

In place of Labour's hopeless acceptance of mediocrity in education, which has seen Britain tumble down the world league tables just when we need our children to be doing better than those in other countries, we will offer the hope of a decent education for every child, with immediate action to raise standards and radical reform to end the state monopoly over new school places.

Focusing on a notion of accountability which is broader than just league tables and published measurement scores, the Big Education Inquiry argued for greater local control over schools and education and a democratic input into local school systems.

The Deep End: Third world schools provide a stark lesson on the need for pupil testing and league tables

Ministers, fresh from bullying schools into concocting bogus league tables of their achievements in the name of the public's right to know, appear to have concluded that for pollution, ignorance is the safest policy.

Schools can opt to engage in them for benchmarking against other schools, but this does not result in publically available «leagues tables» such as those associated with the MySchool website information required of Australian sSchools can opt to engage in them for benchmarking against other schools, but this does not result in publically available «leagues tables» such as those associated with the MySchool website information required of Australian sschools, but this does not result in publically available «leagues tables» such as those associated with the MySchool website information required of Australian schoolsschools.

The Department for Education (DfE) is publishing provisional league tables for secondary schools in England, based on early data from this summer's GCSE results.

When job seekers see an advert for a school they have access to Ofsted reports, good schools guides, league tables, performance rankings, and online forums; many of these will be used to make an informed decision about whether to apply for a particular job.

The campaign is designed to draw urgent attention to the crisis facing our school system, where the drive for league table success and OFSTED approval is pushing D&T and the other creative subjects into an academic backwater.

File has been updated, 13/3/2018 Monitoring and tracking Atheltics system, which produces league tables for the whole school.

League tables are the least helpful way of knowing if a school is the right place for your child.

Official league tables for schools may be inaccurate after research conducted over four years suggests that the information is unreliable.

Seldon added: «It is perfectly clear to me, as a head of schools for 20 years, that parents will pay more heed to the well - being tables than to the exam league tables.

According to published school league tables in 2015, Tring Park is in the top 10 independent schools in Hertfordshire for A level results * with almost 32 % of its A Level students achieving an A * or A grade, and 64 % achieving A *, A or B grades.

Examples of such initiatives include the No Child Left Behind legislation in the United States, which required schools to demonstrate that they were making adequate yearly progress and provided escalating negative consequences for schools that were unable to do this; the creation and publication of league tables of «value - added» measures of school performance in England; proposals to introduce financial rewards for school improvement and performance pay tied to improved test results in Australia; and the encouragement of competition between schools under New Zealand's Tomorrow's Schools pschools to demonstrate that they were making adequate yearly progress and provided escalating negative consequences for schools that were unable to do this; the creation and publication of league tables of «value - added» measures of school performance in England; proposals to introduce financial rewards for school improvement and performance pay tied to improved test results in Australia; and the encouragement of competition between schools under New Zealand's Tomorrow's Schools pschools that were unable to do this; the creation and publication of league tables of «value - added» measures of school performance in England; proposals to introduce financial rewards for school improvement and performance pay tied to improved test results in Australia; and the encouragement of competition between schools under New Zealand's Tomorrow's Schools pschools under New Zealand's Tomorrow's Schools pSchools program.

Media outlets faithfully publish England - style «league tables» showing raw scores, value - added results, and change over time for every school.

It called for a greater emphasis to be placed on monitoring and evaluating character education so that the «real - world impact» of schools can be highlighted in league tables.

(Education Week 2008-05-21) Every parent who uses league tables as a basis for placing his or her child in a school, whether in the U.S. or anywhere else, should read this book.

«It is perfectly clear to me, as a head of schools for 20 years, that parents will pay more heed to the well - being tables than to the exam league tables.

Next year, the public will be able to see for themselves how well multi-academy trusts are doing in the school performance league tables for the first time.

The party leadership wants school league tables to be swapped for a «broader set of indicators», including data on wellbeing and university places.

While this is appropriate for many schools, irrespective of their ofsted status or position on a league table, for some the focus is more specifically on refining particular processes, systems or aspects of school - wide practice.

Crucially, parents like to look up schools they are considering for their children on league tables.

He believes some schools boosted their league table positions in the past by entering students for «softer» subjects and vocational qualifications.

Mr Weller, who is chairman of the main body representing state - funded but privately run schools known as academies, said in a letter to Mr Gove that he shared the secretary of state's concern about multiple entries for the same qualification and other aspects of league table «game - playing».

Grammar schools have a reputation for high academic achievement and dominate the top of the school league tables.

From this year, only a pupil's first attempt at a qualification is included for league tables, aiming to end the practice of schools repeatedly entering pupils for exams in order to could boost their ranking.

Unions also say test and exam results used for league tables are too crude a way of measuring all a school offers.

Seeing pupils make such progress through creative arts is why she is vicious about the government's cuts, particularly at mainstream schools, and the way league tables are constructed, which are pushing schools to reduce time for these subjects.

As well as the 70 equivalents that will count towards the school's five good GCSE grades including English and maths, a further 55 will be valid for other league table measures.

The government says this has created «perverse incentives» for schools to offer exams that boost their league table position.

This is when 11 - year - olds take Sats tests in English and maths which are used for primary school league tables.

Parents in Wales should do more to help raise standards in schools, the man responsible for the international education league table Pisa says.

But Philip Nye from Education Datalab said there were some weaknesses in the league table system and that it could be improved by making schools accountable for all children.

School league tables are a contentious issue, but most parents accept the need for them.

For those Head Teachers low in the league tables it will be a choice between «gaming» the system or losing their school and career.

By DfE design, there have to be schools low in the league tables for there to be schools high in the league tables.

Ofsted has formally written to inspectors urging them to look out for schools entering pupils for qualifications to boost their league - table standings, rather than in the best interests of pupils.

The proposals for alternative league tables, to be published on a free website, are being put forward by the Association of School and College Leaders, the National Association of Head Teachers and the United Learning group, which runs academies and independent schools.

It appears schools are continuing to go for these GCSEs, despite some of them being excluded from performance league tables.

He believes too many schools opt for softer subjects in a bid to boost their league table positions.

The education department is publishing league tables for secondary schools in England, based on provisional data from this summer's GCSE results.

That's why we have taken steps to make our league tables clearer and, in addition to our data, all schools must publish extensive information on their website - including pupil progress,» said a Department for Education spokesman.

«Most heads thought the IGCSE was just for independent schools and that it didn't count towards league tables, but we have studied it very carefully and we've found it can be very appropriate for some state school students,» he said.

Ministers have cited a decline in international league tables as a reason for introducing school reforms.

Unless there is proper scrutiny of LA data, it remains nothing more than a raw league table, about as acceptable as the performance tables used for schools.

Another example has been the government's decision for league tables to recognise only a pupil's first entry in exams, as a way of deterring schools from entering younger pupils for exams and then retaking if they want to improve results.

Professor Wolf's review also called for the end of «perverse incentives» in school league tables - with some pupils being steered towards vocational exams which would improve school rankings.