Sentences with phrase «for tens of thousands of pupils»

Schools Minister Lord Nash said, «Our investment in school buildings across the country is transforming the learning environment for tens of thousands of pupils and their teachers.

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In a statement, a Department for Education (DfE) spokesperson said: «Our reforms have already helped tens of thousands more pupils to leave primary school reading properly.

As tens of thousands of pupils await their GCSE results due on Thursday, an examiners» report for the AQA exam board has highlighted the struggles that markers face with onscreen evaluation and illegible answers.

The mistake, which is being blamed on «human error», follows calls from headteachers for the spelling, punctuation and grammar, or «SPAG» tests, to be scrapped, and warnings that tens of thousands of pupils could have been exposed to the questions and answers ahead of time.

In other words, if a leader of schools is presiding over an organisation which is generating success for both itself and its students, why should we quibble if we add tens or even hundreds of thousands of pay onto their remuneration, even while schools are struggling to afford the basics for their pupils?

Tens of thousands of pupils took papers for more than one maths GCSE in 2012, according to Ofqual figures, while the numbers sitting key English and maths exams before they were 16 also soared.

A Department for Education spokesman said: «The English Baccalaureate opens up academic subjects to tens of thousands of pupils who wouldn't get the chance to study them otherwise.