Sentences with phrase «grammar school places in»

He said the reason that this coaching industry had come about was because of the «paucity of grammar school places in England».

There is a significant demand for grammar school places in West Kent.»

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Only one such ballot has taken place and parents in Ripton, North Yorkshire eventually voted to keep the local selective grammar school.

The Labour leader also failed to get an answer when he asked: «Will the children in these feeder primaries get an automatic place in the grammar school, or will they be subject to selection?»

The scheme's critics argued that Specialist Schools encouraged segregation in education, insofar as the middle class parents who were long best placed to ensure favourable outcomes from school admissions regimes of grammar schools would continue to be able to get their children into the better schools, at the expense of those from poorer and socially excluded backgSchools encouraged segregation in education, insofar as the middle class parents who were long best placed to ensure favourable outcomes from school admissions regimes of grammar schools would continue to be able to get their children into the better schools, at the expense of those from poorer and socially excluded backgschools would continue to be able to get their children into the better schools, at the expense of those from poorer and socially excluded backgschools, at the expense of those from poorer and socially excluded backgrounds.

This was apparently the case with his plan to place a new emphasis on spelling and grammar in the primary school curriculum, which was trailed earlier this month.

She added: «I think that the education debate on grammar schools has been going for a very long time, but I also recognise that the landscape in which it takes place has changed fundamentally.

Grammar schools in Kent have been encouraged to provide up to 700 more places for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

John Howson, recruitment expert and honorary research fellow at the University of Oxford, described grammar schools as «a product of the nineteenth century that lingered overlong into the twentieth and have no place in the modern world» and said that to introduce new grammar schools without a comprehensive education plan would be «unbelievably short - sighted».

In a blog post John Howson, an honorary research fellow at the University of Oxford, described grammar schools as «a product of the nineteenth century that lingered overlong into the twentieth and have no place in the modern world» and said that to introduce new grammar schools without a comprehensive education plan would be «unbelievably short - sighted»In a blog post John Howson, an honorary research fellow at the University of Oxford, described grammar schools as «a product of the nineteenth century that lingered overlong into the twentieth and have no place in the modern world» and said that to introduce new grammar schools without a comprehensive education plan would be «unbelievably short - sighted»in the modern world» and said that to introduce new grammar schools without a comprehensive education plan would be «unbelievably short - sighted».

Ministers said last year that new grammar schools would have to take a proportion of pupils from lower - income households, however, the new requirements will be put in place in the 163 existing grammar schools as well.

It provide students with an opportunity for research and writing and to integrate the vocabulary, grammar, and culture concepts previously acquired: • People, places, and lessons in school • Subject pronouns • Verb ser in present tense • Use of pronouns with school - related nouns and other verb forms • México: cultural fusion, Spain and Native Americans, and Mestizo culture Students and their teacher will watch the Spanish version of the vocabulary and grammar video together.

It provide students with an opportunity to integrate the vocabulary, grammar, and culture concepts previously acquired: • People, places, and lessons in school • Subject pronouns • Verb ser in present tense • Use of pronouns with school - related nouns and other verb forms • México: cultural fusion, Spain and Native Americans, and Mestizo culture Students and their teacher will watch the Spanish version of the vocabulary and grammar video together.

Just under three - quarters of those children in England who were tutored were given a grammar school place, compared with 14 per cent of those that were not tutored.

Weald of Kent school in Tonbridge will open a site in Sevenoaks in September 2017 with places for 450 girls, sidestepping a ban on new grammar schools.

Grammar schools in England are being given the chance to create thousands of new places in a trimmed - down selective school expansion programme.

A further 43 give some degree of priority in their oversubscription criteria, while nine grammar schools use it as a tie - breaker for allocating places to academically matched pupils.

«In the areas where there are more places, the benefits are going to be more diluted for those children in the grammar schools, as they become more like mixed ability schools.&raquIn the areas where there are more places, the benefits are going to be more diluted for those children in the grammar schools, as they become more like mixed ability schools.&raquin the grammar schools, as they become more like mixed ability schools.»

The DfE said the schools with funding agreements in place were Batley Grammar School in Kirklees; Nishkam Free School in Birmingham; Bradford Science Academy; St Luke's C of E Primary School, Camden; Eden Primary School, Haringey; Stour Valley Community School in Suffolk; Free School Norwich; and West London Free School in Hammersmith and Fulham.

Fewer than half of England's grammar schools give poor pupils priority in allocating places, BBC research shows.

The five grammar schools within the King Edward VI foundation in Birmingham go furthest, with a quota policy allocating up to 25 % of places to pupils who are eligible for pupil premium funding in order of their test scores.

The research, which is published with the Sutton Trust's response to the government's consultation on providing more good school places, raises serious concerns about using grammar schools in their current form as a vehicle for social mobility.

«This is the opportunity to deal with the under - provision side of grammar school places and build a four - form entry - 120 places per year group - school in Sevenoaks,» he said.

A consultation published by the government on Wednesday, examining how schools should support such «ordinary working families», shows affluent children are currently much more likely to take places in grammar schools.

«In the face of such overwhelming evidence, it therefore beggars belief that the Government has announced it will plough # 50 million to expand the number of places at existing selective grammar schools.

Grammar schools in England will receive # 50m to create new places - and a route has been opened to create new faith schools, Education Secretary Damian Hinds has announced.

The government has insisted safeguards are in place to deal with bogus replies to its grammar school consultation after a campaigner successfully submitted a response from «Ebenezer Scrooge»...

The smoke of battle obscured the significance of how much energy and attention, from a Conservative - headed government, was focused on raising standards in non-selective state schools, with almost no diversionary forays into grammar schools, voucher schemes or funding private places.

«But we know there is more to do, and that's precisely why we have set out plans to make more good school places available, to more parents, in more parts of the country - including scrapping the ban on new grammar school places, and harnessing the resources and expertise of universities, independent and faith schools.»

«That's why our consultation on creating more good school places in more parts of the country includes proposals to scrap the ban on new grammar schools — on the strict condition they improve the education of other pupils in the system — as well as harnessing the expertise and resources of our universities, and our independent and faith schools.»

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Schools Week recently revealed that grammar reinvigoration is already happening in some parts of the country, with Kent expanding its selective schools by 1,300 places over the past fiveSchools Week recently revealed that grammar reinvigoration is already happening in some parts of the country, with Kent expanding its selective schools by 1,300 places over the past fiveschools by 1,300 places over the past five years.

The old transfer tests in English (Irish *), maths and science and technology for those seeking grammar school places, marked externally, were last taken in 2008, though replacements are still under debate

Nick Gibb, England's School Standards Minister, described the results as a «useful insight» and showed the need to «make more good school places available» in grammar scSchool Standards Minister, described the results as a «useful insight» and showed the need to «make more good school places available» in grammar scschool places available» in grammar schools.

But new research published by the BBC today showed that fewer than half of England's grammar schools give poor pupils priority in allocating places.

New research has revealed the huge advantage rich families gain by using private tutors in the race for grammar school places.

Opposition Members write off and write down the many excellent comprehensive schools in areas that have access to grammar school places, in a quite unrealistic and unpleasant way.

While they waste time and energy on new grammars, they have nothing to say about falling school budgets, the crisis in teacher recruitment and retention, and the lack of good school places.

We already have many different kinds of academies and free schools, and grammar schools have a place in that diverse system along with other types of school.

Yet of the state school pupils securing a place at Cambridge in 2015, 682 came from sixth - forms in comprehensive schools and 589 from grammar schools; in other words, almost as many come from the 163 grammar schools as come from all the 11 - 18 comprehensive schools put together.

They are undertaking outreach to primary schools to make sure that children who have the right academic potential to do well in grammar schools get a place and can make the most of that potential.

I do not think that it is tenable in a country that has grammars and selection for the Opposition to say they do not like that situation, but that they do not want us to take any steps whatever to see how we can deliver more strongly on social mobility through the schools already in place.

We talked about excellent school places and expanding the very best schools in our country, including grammar schools.

Children in grammars on free school meals are twice as likely to get five good GCSE grades, and so twice as likely to secure a place at and to attend one of the top Russell Group universities, as their wealthier peers who attend comprehensives.

Ministers are proposing that grammar schools be required by law to have strategies in place to «ensure fair access», but for the second time today Gibb went further, suggesting the ability of grammars to select their pupils could depend on the school improving access for poorer pupils.

He added that there was a risk that pupils in areas with large numbers of selective places, more grammar schools would «reduce the results achieved by poorer children» on average.

It found that although pupils in grammar schools have higher average attainment at KS4, this is only because their schools cherry - picked them in the first place, as demonstrated by the fact that grammar schools do not drive up overall results in their areas, nor reduce the poverty gap.

If St Oswald's is partly LGS, then it is also any - or all - of the following: St Catharine's College, Cambridge; Wakefield Girls» High School; The High School, Barnsley (another vanished place, soon to be converted to residential flats); Holgate Grammar School, also in Barnsley; The Oaks, Worsborough Dale; the Lycée de Garçons in Vitré - and many more.

In 1944 England established a tripartite education system which placed grammar schools at the top of the heap.