Sentences with phrase «growing number of pupils»

A growing number of children now attend charter schools operated by regional or national firms with non-local «brand names» (e.g. KIPP, National Heritage, Achievement First) and a growing number of pupils now absorb at least part of the curriculum from online providers at the state or national (and, in time, planetary) level.

«We're not only having to rethink how we manage playtimes for our growing number of pupils, but how we provide on - site parking with no space for more staff and how we alleviate the chaos on the roads around the school during pick - up and drop - off times.»

«The government is determined that schools around the country follow the evidence and grow the number of pupils that have access to these subjects,» he added.

«Yet, whilst the Tory government continues to deny there is a problem, they can't come up with a solution... this means growing numbers of pupils are not getting the education they deserve,» said Ms Powell.

Not exact matches

With growing pressure on school places due to rising pupil numbers, 3.4 % of home - educating parents say they could not get their child into a preferred school.

Each individual school should have the freedom to shape the whole curriculum to their particular pupils» aspirations and priorities — a freedom already enjoyed by the growing numbers of Academies and Free

But although the National Curriculum Council, which advises Patten, says that Model B is intended only for less academic pupils, there is growing evidence than an increasing number of academic girls are choosing it.

And Elizabeth Stafford, director of Music Education Solutions, agrees that problems with teacher recruitment and retention will grow this year: «The teacher recruitment and retention crises looks set to continue, and I anticipate a downturn in the number of pupils taking arts GCSE and A-level.»

Between 2016 and 2026, the overall number of pupils is expected to grow by 11 per cent, with much faster growth in secondary schools (20 per cent) than in primary schools (4 per cent).

The head of one of the UK's leading education sector suppliers has said that a growing number of «shabby schools» across the UK are not only failing pupils but are contributing to the lack of new entrants to the teaching profession, when linked to new schools spending data revealed by the company.

A growing number of schools are using pupil premium funding for disadvantaged pupils to offset budget cuts, according to polling published by the Sutton Trust and the Education Endowment Foundation.

Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office, said: «Mainstream schools have to make # 3 billion in efficiency savings by 2019 - 20 against a background of growing pupil numbers and a real - terms reduction in funding per pupil.

Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust and of the Education Endowment Foundation, said: «It is worrying that a growing number of schools feel they have to use funding for disadvantaged pupils to offset budget cuts.

Modular in the real world With pressure on schools to house a growing number of new pupils, Darlinghurst Primary School in Leigh on Sea is typical of many schools that were looking to provide new accommodation quickly and cost - effectively for the influx of children.

In fact, the Government's latest Department for Education (DfE) national pupil projections show that both state primary and secondary pupil numbers are expected to continue to grow over the coming years, with the number of full - time equivalent pupils aged up to 15 years projected to increase by 320,000 (11.4 %) by 2021 and to continue to grow until 2025.

The analysis also looks at growing pressures due to increasing pupil numbers and the government's «ambition for 90 % of GCSE pupils to be entered into the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) by 2025.

«The NUT's biggest concern is that the Government is intent on proceeding with these programmes despite growing evidence that the UTC and studio schools programmes can not attract sufficient numbers of pupils.

Mr Hobby said 98 % of schools were losing funding «at a time when costs are rising and pupil numbers are growing».

The number using the methods - intended to get a broad mix of pupils - is small but growing, says the Sutton Trust.

While the overall number of teachers has kept pace with rising pupil numbers, teacher shortages are growing, particularly in poorer areas and at secondary level, according to the authors.

«It is worrying that a growing number of schools feel they have to use funding for disadvantaged pupils to offset budget cuts.

A small but growing number of schools are using their funding for disadvantaged pupils to offset budget cuts elsewhere, according to new polling published by the Sutton Trust and the Education Endowment Foundation today.

We felt that the manifestos of all three main parties missed some of the wider strategic points; for example, though they talked about teacher recruitment, they failed to address teacher retention or growing pupil numbers.

They're being dubbed «super-primaries», schools with more than 1,000 pupils, and there are growing numbers of them in England as councils try to tackle the lack of primary school places.

Many schools have had to add extra classrooms - and a growing number of primary schools will have to expand to more than a thousand pupils.

The report found an extra 5,000 leaders would be needed by 2022 because of growing pupil numbers, but predicted more than half of current leaders would leave in the next six years.

Sutton Trust chairman Sir Peter Lampl said: «Politicians of all parties have accepted that grammar schools are here to stay, and while their numbers are not growing, the number of pupils admitted to them has risen by a quarter, or 30,000, since 1997 and is likely to continue to grow in the years ahead.

A DfE spokesperson said: «It is perfectly normal for any type of new school to take time to fully establish itself and we fully expect pupil numbers to grow with the school over time.»

However, pupil numbers are expected to grow by four per cent at primary level and 20 per cent at secondary by 2026, meaning a large number of additional teachers are needed, especially in EBacc subjects, which the government wants 90 per cent of pupils to study by 2025.

In maths in particular there has been a growing number of so called «early entries» with pupils sitting exams either at the end of Year 10, a year into the course, or in the following November.

A small, but growing, number of schools are using their funding for disadvantaged pupils to offset budget cuts elsewhere — 6 % of teachers reported this as the main priority for their school's pupil premium spending, an increase from 2 % in 2015.

«We can't grow per - pupil annual increases in the transfer to Schools when the number of pupils are growing at the rates we've seen.

Astrea has been recognised by the Department for Education as being well placed to raise standards and achieve excellence for pupils in a growing number of schools nationwide.

According to future pupil demographics, the number of school aged children is expected to grow by four per cent in Wales and 15 per cent in England by 2025.

The number of teachers in Wales has been falling, while the number of pupils is expected to grow modestly in the coming years

The number of teachers in England has kept pace with pupil numbers, but the number of pupils is expected to grow rapidly in the coming years

However, secondary schools will see a much larger increase, with the number of full - time equivalent pupils aged up to 15 years projected to increase by 320,000 (+11.4 per cent) by 2021 and to continue to grow until 2025.