Sentences with phrase «grammar schools»

She even backed a bid by her local council to open a satellite to an existing grammar school in her constituency.

High proportions of grammar school pupils come from the independent primary school sector, roughly double the rate you would expect.

The «Schools that work for everyone» consultation ran throughout autumn 2016 in preparation for the planned introduction of new grammar schools.

She progressed through a 1970s educational system — hence her admiration for grammar schools for educational excellence and social mobility.

Closing the «gap» between disadvantaged and advantaged pupils at grammar schools is easy.

The government launched plans to lift the ban on grammar schools last month in its green paper.

He said he believed there was «overwhelming support from parents» for more grammar school places.

Critics of the expansion plans have focused on the low number of pupils attending grammar schools who are eligible for free school meals - used as a traditional measure of poverty.

The government says that providing more grammar school places would give extra opportunities for poorer pupils.

For example, grammar school pupils tend to outperform pupils of similar ability at other types of schools where the ability range is more mixed.

Most people who oppose grammar schools don't (I think) oppose investing in excellence — although some of them do.

Currently state schools - apart from grammar schools - are not allowed to select on the basis of academic ability.

This is now the era of grammar school boys and girls.

The statistics show that eight of 18 schools sponsored by grammar schools that have been inspected were rated as requires improvement, and two were named inadequate.

More than 1,000 adults took part in the online survey after the conservative party confirmed plans to expand grammar schools in its manifesto.

The debates rage on about grammar schools, free schools and funding, but without dealing with teacher recruitment and retention, those policy debates are largely irrelevant.

A leading education researcher wants a new tax on private tutoring services, to help «level the playing field» for lower - income pupils trying to get into grammar schools.

But the data also showed many grammar schools made better progress with the poorest pupils than their more affluent peers.

A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to challenge the government's plans to open new grammar schools if Conservatives with the election.

Speaking earlier, the prime minister said she wanted to open up places in grammar schools which are «overwhelmingly good or outstanding».

Almost all the few Catholic grammar schools that remained became independent and entirely fee paying.

Performance depends on intake — a school where there are a large number of previously low - achieving pupils is unlikely to be as high performing as a selective grammar school.

The other key is that many of us know from personal experience that grammar school gave us opportunities that are too often today limited to those who can afford a private education.

For example, do not include grammar school information or high school jobs, unless that experience applies to your current career.

While grammar schools, teacher workload and the pupil funding have dominated education headlines in recent months, the ongoing challenges in teacher recruitment and retention continue to provide difficulties for schools.

Would promoting grammar schools mean academies were no longer the gold standard?

The report noted that higher attainment levels are part of the reason why parents like grammar schools.

The 16 - strong team is evenly split between state and independent schools, although state grammar schools appear to be more represented in this sport than in aforementioned sports.

The influence of selection is greater, because grammar schools only give places to about a quarter of the children in their areas.

Neither is there any evidence that grammar schools provide a route for poor, academically able children to achieve better life chances.

«It is impossible to have grammar schools without secondary modern schools or their equivalent,» says the joint letter from head teachers.

And there's no doubt that the remaining grammar schools produce very solid academic results — though it's hard to separate that from their admission practices.

Some people use stories like mine as an example of why grammar schools are a good idea.

Many Conservative MPs have defended plans for more grammar schools throughout the day, but not all are pleased.

This would see disadvantaged children receive free transport to grammar schools up to 15 miles away from their home, according to government plans.

It seems like a lot of people who went to grammar schools feel they were blessed with a good school, and deserved that blessing.

Plus, with industry needs rapidly changing, it is uncertain whether grammar schools and universities will be able to provide the curriculum to deliver the necessary skills for our future economy.

Of course, this policy should apply to existing grammar schools too.

This may partly be due to the larger area from which many grammar schools draw their pupils.

But ministers say they will introduce new rules requiring grammar schools to improve access for disadvantaged children.

The government also confirmed it is still considering responses to its consultation on lifting the ban on new grammar schools among other reforms.

But aren't those against new selective schools saying that those who can not afford private school and those who can not get into the few grammar schools will have no choice at all?

I'd assumed I'd get a choice of five local schools, including three grammar schools rated as outstanding.

Indeed, even if thinking reduced people to the condition of shabby teachers in provincial grammar schools, this was irrelevant to its real and intrinsic value.

Another typical grammar school girl, she'd planned life landmarks in the same way she did her education and career, and is now finding herself behind her own plan in some ways.