Sentences with phrase «from deprived»

Research found the Triple P - Positive Parenting Programme - had minimal impact on families from deprived backgrounds in Glasgow and may even have increased social inequality because of the high drop - out rate.

Children of the palace: These include runaways, abused, alienated children from deprived and poverty stricken families who are unable to maintain normal family units.

Arman's profusion of West African art was collected partly in response to the scarcity he experienced as a child during the Second World War; so too was Andy Warhol's obsessive collecting of the American consumerist ephemera that was absent from his deprived Pittsburgh childhood.

He was self - educated, rising from a deprived childhood to become Oregon's fourteenth governor (1911 - 1915), he rode in on a progressive movement called the «Oregon System.»

During her time as a social worker, she worked with children from deprived backgrounds and discovered the sorts of stories that grasped their imaginations.

I am arguing that grammar schools should do outreach, like those in the King Edward VI group, and ensure that the figure increases from 3 % so that children from deprived backgrounds can get in and genuinely do well, which is not happening as much as it should.

The government's reforms will offer new and existing grammar schools the choice between admitting more pupils from a deprived background, setting up free schools or sponsoring underperforming academies.

«A diverse early - years workforce can help children, especially those from deprived backgrounds, to visualise their futures and fulfil their educational potential.

The report found that the higher the number of children from deprived backgrounds in a school, the worse the performance of all learners.

«We agree with Estyn, however, that schools must work with others to effectively support pupils from deprived backgrounds, and that there needs to be more training for school leaders in this area.

This included the government's flagship pupil premium - which aims to target extra funds at schools taking pupils from deprived backgrounds, she said.

However, Labour's Iain Gray used his speech to attack the attainment fund as «inadequate», instead proposing a «fair start fund» which would allocate # 1,000 to primary school pupils from deprived backgrounds.

The poor attainment of pupils from deprived backgrounds has complex reasons.

The Future Talent Fund, drawn from existing Department for Education budgets, will test new ways of supporting the most able youngsters from deprived areas.

The question should be «are children, particularly those from deprived areas, getting a better education as a result of this school?»

Studies indicate that by their fifth birthday many of the highest early achievers from deprived backgrounds have been overtaken by lower achieving children from advantaged backgrounds.

What's more, for some children, often from deprived communities, school is the only safe place to play and be physically active.

A diverse Early Years workforce can help children, especially those from deprived backgrounds, to visualise their futures and fulfil their educational potential.

We're not really sure why that is the case, it may well just be because people who come from deprived backgrounds tend to have a lower baseline in terms of academic performance and therefore it's sort of easier to raise that.

What we found was that the delay in the school start time did in fact increase academic performance in the GCSE examinations and that this increase was more pronounced in individuals who come from a deprived background — who have a lower socioeconomic status.

The Times has reported that reforms will be announced next month which will make it compulsory for grammars to up their intake of children from deprived backgrounds.

The survey also showed that less than half reported doing «hands - on» practical work at least once a fortnight and young people from deprived areas did less practical work than people from less deprived places.

Early research showed that animals exposed to lead and provided with enriched environments exhibited far fewer effects than did those from deprived environments.

The scheme provides «a level playing field for all kids from all types of schools, including schools from deprived areas of the country,» Richards says.

The EMA was a lifeline for young people from deprived backgrounds who wished to stay in education and training after the age of 16.

They agree on the need to target educational resources on pupils from deprived backgrounds, and have also agreed to pass a freedom, or great reform, bill that will scrap ID cards and the next generation of biometric passports.

The association has urged the government to ensure the fair distribution of teaching and learning materials under the policy to guarantee that students from deprived areas...

«Half of all children killed or seriously injured on the roads in England come from deprived areas and this is reflected in the fact that 90 per cent of those killed globally are from low and middle income countries.»

Lord Adonis said: «If universities get involved early on in school life, children from deprived communities become familiar with higher education and feel they belong there.

Given that a straight A student will often lose a place every time a student without straight As from a deprived background is offered one, due consideration should be given to the selection mechanism underpinning these choices.

Mr Allen published his interim report in January, when he argued that children from deprived backgrounds stand a much better chance of doing better for their own children if they receive intensive development in their early years.

As it currently stands, pupils from deprived economic backgrounds have lower levels of attainment than their wealthier counterparts.

Aled Roberts claimed the news as a vindication of his party's decision to prioritise the Pupil Deprivation Grant (PDG) in budget negotiations with the Welsh Government, a policy that targets resources at pupils from deprived backgrounds to improve their attainment.

In Laws» case he was a personal friend and ally of Clegg and when recalled to the colours used his twin ministerial responsibilities to exercise influence and change — at education opportunity for children from deprived backgrounds and at the Cabinet office, effectively a «County» member of the Quad — Cameron, Clegg, Osborne and Alexander — along with the cerebral Oliver Letwin.

Schools have used pupil premium funding, available to children from deprived backgrounds who are on free school meals, to extend breakfast clubs.

Prostitutes tend to enter the job young and to come from deprived backgrounds.

Today is all about demonstrating that we're actually doing that, that while we have a debate across our nation about Europe, we're also getting on with delivering what we were elected on a year ago - a manifesto committed to improving life chances to those from deprived backgrounds.»

«But we're also getting on with governing the country, setting out an agenda to deliver a better security for our economy, better security for our nation and an agenda that is about driving life chances for people from deprived backgrounds.

However, the Liberal Democrats said the scheme relied on gifted and talent pupils from deprived backgrounds being identified in the first place.

«If more children from deprived backgrounds aren't identified in the first placed, today's announcement will make little difference.»

On an individual level, if you are well - educated, middle - class parents (the children who make the biggest gains from early childhood education are those from deprived backgrounds) and use quality daycare (if you use it), you are probably not going to influence your child's outcomes all that much whatever you do.

It says: «We believe that this can restrict opportunities for all children to experience positive male role models and can prevent some children, especially those from deprived backgrounds, from fulfilling their educational potential.»

He said the C of E has become so disconnected from deprived communities that its mission approach is «entirely focused on the needs and aspirations of the wealthy».

Aside from depriving both of you of quality cuddle - time, propping increases the risks of choking, ear infections, and (after he's popped out a few pearly whites) tooth decay.

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Furthermore, if the system survives, the consequences will be inevitable: there is no way of reforming or modifying the system so as to prevent it from depriving people of dignity and autonomy.

It should be pointed out that this program had changed from depriving returning «runaways» of their favorite belongings as well as implied degrading by taking away their shoes, which further detached them from the place and significant contacts.

Not exact matches

«Silencing our stories deprives customers and potential investors from the knowledge that our horrific experiences are part of a widespread problem at Uber,» according to the letter, which was obtained by Bloomberg News from the New York law firm representing the women, Wigdor LLP.

«Silencing our stories deprives customers and potential investors from the knowledge that our horrific experiences are part of a widespread problem at Uber,» the 14 women wrote.

«I believed I've extended a good service to the innocent people of North Korea who are deprived from seeing their parents who live miles away or can't call their children when they come back from school,» he said.