Sentences with phrase «grammar schools if»

She said: «We need to look at, for example, should children on free school meals be able to enter grammar schools if they have lower than the average [test score] that is required in Kent?

67 per cent of respondents said they would send their child to a grammar school if they had passed an entrance exam, with just 10 per cent saying they would not.

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In grammar school, in high school, in college, I almost never, ever raised my hand because I was afraid I was going to get called on — even if I knew the answer — and I was mortified that I wouldn't be able to get the words out.»

«Otherwise, if they are going to select, they need to be upfront about it and say «Look, we're grammar schools, we're going to take according to ability and we're just going to go for the brainiest children.

«That is a legitimate view, if you hold that, but at the moment people are really using faith schools as «back - door grammar schools».»

Asked if they would support the introduction of some new state grammar schools, especially in urban areas where there currently are none, 76 % supported the idea, 17 % opposed it and 6 % didn't know.

Shadow attorney general Dominic Grieve appeared to break ranks to say more grammar schools should be built in his local area if there is demand.

Asked if the abolition of Grammar schools and secondary moderns and their replacement with comprehensive schools was in hindsight a good or bad idea, 48 % of people think it was a bad idea, with only 31 % thinking it was a good idea.

If Mr Corbyn wants another go next week he could try David Cameron's 2006 claim that «the prospect of bringing back grammar schools has always been wrong and I've never supported it.

Oxfordshire County Council cabinet member for education Melinda Tilley has said that she would immediately write to Education Secretary Justine Greening if the ban on opening new grammar schools is lifted.

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It remains to be seen if / when an official announcement regarding grammar schools will be made, but this leak suggests it is on the DfE's agenda.

The head of Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, Tim Gartside, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that he and his governors were considering asking for voluntary contributions of # 30 or # 40 a month from parents if the cuts took place.

If any (grammar school educated?)

Tilley also suggested that academies in the area would also like to be able to select by ability, although it is unclear if this would be included in potential grammar school plans.

Or, if we look at grammar schools or independent schools, many of which are not only selective but also more academic and less vocational which in itself can close off certain avenues for students.

«I wouldn't have been able to do it if those top, those most able youngsters went to the grammar school, because it was their ambition, their excellence that affected the rest of the school community.»

She added: «What a damning verdict of our country if we went back to an era where we told four in every five children at the age of 11 that there was a cap on their potential and it was only the grammar school kids who could get far.»

Speaking on BBC1's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, Wilshaw said that other nearby schools would suffer if the «top 20 per cent» are separated in grammar schools, as they help to lift up the rest of the school community.

Referencing his own experience as a head teacher at a successful comprehensive, the Ofsted Chief he wouldn't have had the same success if there had been a nearby grammar: «If you have grammar schools, you take away the most able children from the all - ability comprehensive set - uif there had been a nearby grammar: «If you have grammar schools, you take away the most able children from the all - ability comprehensive set - uIf you have grammar schools, you take away the most able children from the all - ability comprehensive set - up.

According to the News and Star, after Kirby Stephen Grammar School failed their report, headteacher Ruth Houston and chairman of the governing body, Simon Bennett, sent a letter to parents stating that they believed the decision was «a failing of the inspection system, not the school, if an overall judgement is defined by a lack of a fence or not enough locks on doors, rather than the excellent teaching, leadership, behaviour and outcomes of the school.&School failed their report, headteacher Ruth Houston and chairman of the governing body, Simon Bennett, sent a letter to parents stating that they believed the decision was «a failing of the inspection system, not the school, if an overall judgement is defined by a lack of a fence or not enough locks on doors, rather than the excellent teaching, leadership, behaviour and outcomes of the school.&school, if an overall judgement is defined by a lack of a fence or not enough locks on doors, rather than the excellent teaching, leadership, behaviour and outcomes of the school.&school.»

If we look at the gap in attainment in grammar schools between those who are from disadvantaged backgrounds and those who are not, we see that it is virtually zero — that is not the same in other schools.»

Grammar schools are selecting children who they think will do well: the raw score doesn't mean that the schools have necessarily made those children do better than they would have done if they had gone elsewhere.

Ellie Mulcahy, senior research associate at education and youth think and action tank LKMco, said: «Even if these grammar schools open up their entry to allow a proportion of disadvantaged pupils to come in, that will be only for those who do well in the test, whether they've been coached or not.

«If you spread grammar school places throughout the country and make them available to lots of disadvantaged children then you would give these disadvantaged children the same opportunity to get an academic education.»

It is designed to see if they are able enough to learn in a grammar school environment with peers of a similar standard.

If you look at the comments in the Daily Mail under any article about grammar schools, the vast majority of their readers (ie Tory voters) want them».

Analysis by Education Datalab has found that nearly one in five secondary schools (18 per cent) in local authorities that also have grammar schools would be defined as «coasting» if data from 2012 - 14 were used.

If the government thought that this would face too difficult a path through Parliament, existing grammar schools could open such «satellite» campuses on other sites.

He strongly believes pupils should be able to move easily between technical qualifications, apprenticeships and degrees and, if pushed, he believes more grammar schools would be okay as long as they are accompanied with equally selective technical schools, as was first envisaged by the Conservatives back in the 1940s.

«If you look at the attainment within grammar schools, poorer children do better in grammar schools than they do in other schools,» said Mrs May.

«If we make the mistake of re-introducing grammar schools in England, if there is any impact, any financial impact in Scotland, we in the SNP will fight tooth and nail in our opposition to this policy,» she warneIf we make the mistake of re-introducing grammar schools in England, if there is any impact, any financial impact in Scotland, we in the SNP will fight tooth and nail in our opposition to this policy,» she warneif there is any impact, any financial impact in Scotland, we in the SNP will fight tooth and nail in our opposition to this policy,» she warned.

When asked if the solution was for other authorities to be allowed to create grammar schools, Mr Whiting, cabinet education spokesman, said: «I think part of the solution here all round would be exactly that.

If you look at opinion polls what you find is that older voters like it, and particularly older voters who remember grammar schools in the old way like it, but parents who actually have to make invidious choices about where to send their children hate it.»

Agree — and if grammar schools go ahead make them 50 % pupil premium and 50 % selected by the primary schools.

«If the government wants to give the public the kinds of schools they want, grammar school expansion may not be the best place to focus.»

Little might have changed if pupil numbers remained flat, as the political cost of either creating new grammar schools or of trying to remove the system in the parts of England where it remains would be too high.

All new schools are now opened as free schools - but if the government lifts the ban on expanding selection, some of the # 320m could be used for new selective schools or to expand existing grammars.

If the Secretary of State wants proper cross-party agreement on driving up social mobility, she should take forward her own Government's report every step of the way and agree with its recommendations on grammar schools.

Although some grammar schools do have catchment areas, these tend to be wider than those of nearby comprehensives, and as a result being able to send your child to a grammar school is less likely to depend on your ability to afford to live nearby, especially if it's in a more expensive area.

The government has already set out plans to make grammar schools become more inclusive if they want cash for expansion, but the agreement with the GSHA is an attempt to encourage selective schools to change their ways by the end of the parliament in 2022.

If grammar schools want to make a real difference to life chances, they should abolish their arbitrary exclusion criteria and make their excellent education open to all, not just the lucky few.»

Instead of throwing more money at free schools and grammar schools, more children would benefit if the Government funded all state schools sufficiently, argues the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).

Therefore, with the same level of attainment, a child on free school meals does better in a grammar school than they would if they went to a non-grammar school.

He said grammar schools should look again at their admissions policies and ensure they were making provision for children from disadvantaged areas or with special needs, even if that means altering the entrance requirements, and do more outreach work in deprived areas.

Under our proposals, existing grammar schools and new grammar schools would only be allowed to open if they met strict conditions

«Under our proposals, existing grammar schools and new grammar schools would only be allowed to open if they met strict conditions designed to ensure increased numbers of less well - off pupils have access to selective education,» Gibb told a debate in the Commons this afternoon.

If you know grammar isn't your strong point (i.e. you don't have Strunk & White memorized and you haven't taken a writing class since high school), you'll probably want someone to copy - edit your work.

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.

You also need to go back to school to study grammar if you ever plan to write another word (which I hope you don't).