Sentences with phrase «in sponsored academies»

Our most recent research using the 2014 GCSE results (which excluded many vocational qualifications from counting towards school performance, and reduced the contribution to the total point score of those qualifications included) suggests the improvement was because of disproportionate use of GCSE equivalent qualifications in sponsored academies compared to similar maintained schools.

And at least four advisers contracted to work in the sponsored academies programme are also working as Ofsted inspectors, some in apparently overlapping areas.

The five A * - C benchmark for Chinese pupils at local authority maintained (LA) schools fell 7.9 per cent, while the similar scores of Chinese pupils in sponsored academies dipped just 0.1 per cent.

For black pupils the fall was 5.7 per cent in maintained schools compared with 4.3 in sponsored academies.

Overall, GCSE pass rates in sponsored academies fell 5.2 per cent compared with a 4.1 per cent drop in maintained schools.

The IAA is rooted in the sponsored Academy movement but is now attracting increasing numbers of like - minded converters, primary, special and free schools.

They've got involved in sponsoring academies and are vilified for it.

Unfortunate timing for the DfE which is busy hyping the success of university involvement in sponsoring academies.

Not exact matches

As a sponsor or partner of NACO Academy, your organization will have the opportunity to participate in a module in a way that aligns with your business objectives.

This book contains the proceedings of a conference of the same title sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences, and includes forty - two essays by a distinguished group of scholars in the sciences and humanities.

In The Heart of the Matter, a 2013 report sponsored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a reader is confronted with language like this: «Among other benefits [studying the humanities] strengthens clarity of written and oral expression, critical and analytic reasoning, and the creativity to think outside the box.»

The TASTE AWARDS Committee, the Academy of Media Tastemakers, the Advisory Board, Ambassadors, and Partners and Sponsors are pleased to announce the 8th Annual TASTE AWARDS will take place on February 21st in Beverly Hills.

At academy level, Michael Duff stepped up as under - 23 coach with Danny Cadamarteri coming in to take over the youth team, and he'll be getting an early trip to Prague as the team take part in the Generali Cee Cup, the trip being sponsored by the Up the Clarets Youth Foundation.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed in a lecture sponsored by the Parents» Association of Greens Farms Academy.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed in a lecture sponsored by the Marin Academy Parents Association.

The Live Fearless clinics are sponsored by BCBSNC in collaboration with TeamFirst Soccer Academy.

Beginning in 2001, the Academy listed 10 food industry sponsors; the 2011 annual report lists 38, a more than three-fold increase;

In the report I recently released, (covered by the New York Times) «And Now a Word from Our Sponsors,» I described the various ways the food industry influences the largest trade group of nutrition professionals: the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

GSNA 2017 - 2018 Corporate Sponsors Platinum Sponsors Equipment Academy Energy Sponsor 2018 Annual Conference Conference Entertainment sponsored in part by: Name Badge Holders Director's Lounge Friday Sponsor Gold Sponsor Silver Sponsor Manager's Retreat & Training Kick Off Luncheon Seminar Leadership Academy

Abbott Ross, makers of Similac infant formula, were among the top three corporate sponsors of the AAP in 2002.1 Formula companies historically give money to the academy through renewable annual grants, and also contributed $ 3 million to the construction of the AAP's headquarters in Illinois.2 It is unclear to what extent this has affected the policies of the AAP, however both the use of pacifiers and the separation of mother and baby are impediments to a healthy breastfeeding relationship and increase the chance of mothers switching to formula.

Abstracts submitted by non-physicians must be sponsored (Sponsor Attestation Form) by a member * in good standing of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.

Atlanta North Dermatology dermatologist Dr. Jihyun «Ellen» Koo, a member of the Academy, sponsored the grant application and participated in the ceremony.

«What is clear is that the picture is highly variable across the country and, in the case of sponsored academies, across chains.»

According to Ofsted, in December 2013 56 % of sponsor - led academies were good or outstanding.

The first, Steiner Academy Hereford, is a sponsored Academy which opened in 2008.

Students from Holland High School, Nardin Academy and Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart journey to Washington Friday to take part in this year's National Rocketry Challenge, sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association.

In April 2006 Des Smith, a head teacher who helped find sponsors for the government's flagship city academies programme, was arrested and questioned.

In 2011 it decided to sponsor a failing Church of England primary school, now called Tudor Grange Primary Academy St James, after being approached by the Diocese of Birmingham.

However it fits in with the Church's previously announced expansion plans, with the previous Archbishop of Canterbury having declared that because of the Academies programme, «We are looking at the middle - term future, where the Church of England will be quite conceivably the largest sponsor and provider of secondary education in this country, which is a rather startling and breathtaking proposal.»

According to NFER «the differences in school GCSE performance between sponsored academies that have been open for between two and four years and a group of similar maintained schools were generally small and mostly not statistically significant.»

According to the Bishop there are currently no fewer than 34,000 children, «all in areas of significant social deprivation,» being educated in Church of England - sponsored academies.

In England, there are several types of academies, including sponsored and converter academies and free schools.

On Local Government, the third post in our series on sponsored academies: Brooke Weston Trust - boosting standards in Northants and Cambridgeshire

On Local Government, the second post in our series on sponsored academies reports on the pursuit of excellence in Nottingham

«Your proposals, and the concomitant encroachment on the independent status of Academies, seriously impact upon the ability of sponsors, governors and principals to lead and manage their institutions effectively and efficiently, placing at risk the transformational change in the education system the programme was designed to facilitate.»

This decision had lasting effects on the academy, according to an academy - sponsored poster exhibit and a hefty exhibit catalog released to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the «Anschluss,» the annexation of Austria to Germany in March 1938.

His story was the inspiration for the panel discussion «Crazy or Brilliant: Betting on High - Risk, High - Reward Science,» sponsored by DISCOVER and the Research Corporation for Science Advancement in collaboration with the New York Academy of Sciences.

One big obstacle is that, although an adviser is envisioned to be an Adviser / Teacher / Role - Model / Friend (that's the title of a guide to mentorship published by the National Academy of Sciences), your adviser is also your boss — the person who pays you — and, in the case of noncitizen graduate students, your visa sponsor.

The development of this technological innovation has not only led to the creation of the company INNTECVER, S.A. de C.V., it was also chosen to participate in the Leaders in Innovation Fellowships 2015 program sponsored by the Newton Foundation and the Royal Academy of Engineering of Great Britain, which selects success stories of technology transfer and entrepreneurship worldwide.

In a meeting sponsored by the National Cancer Policy Forum of the National Academies» Institute of Medicine in Washington, D.C., Fan and 15 other experts in the field described the benefits of using pet dogs with naturally occurring (rather than laboratory - induced) tumors in early cancer drug trialIn a meeting sponsored by the National Cancer Policy Forum of the National Academies» Institute of Medicine in Washington, D.C., Fan and 15 other experts in the field described the benefits of using pet dogs with naturally occurring (rather than laboratory - induced) tumors in early cancer drug trialin Washington, D.C., Fan and 15 other experts in the field described the benefits of using pet dogs with naturally occurring (rather than laboratory - induced) tumors in early cancer drug trialin the field described the benefits of using pet dogs with naturally occurring (rather than laboratory - induced) tumors in early cancer drug trialin early cancer drug trials.

The Cancer Research Institute, the Association for Cancer Immunotherapy, the European Academy of Tumor Immunology, and the American Association for Cancer Research will join forces to sponsor the first International Cancer Immunotherapy Conference at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel in New York, Sept..

First held in 1949, the 70th Annual State Science Day is sponsored by: The Ohio Academy of Science, American Electric Power, Battelle, Ethicon, The Ohio Environmental Education Fund, The Ohio Tuition Trust Authority and The Ohio State University.

The Cleveland Clinic Office of Diversity, in collaboration with the Office of Civic Education Initiatives and Health Legacy of Cleveland, is sponsoring the Saturday Academy to increase the number of African American and Hispanic physicians, scientists and physician leaders.

Jointly sponsored by the US National Academy of Sciences and The Kavli Foundation, the Kavli Frontiers of Science bring together some of the very best young scientists to discuss exciting advances and opportunities in their fields in a format that encourages informal collective, as well as one - on - one discussions among participants.

Leaders from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on February 26 presented exciting updates on the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies ® (BRAIN) Initiative in a congressional briefing sponsored by the American Brain Coalition, the American Academy of Neurology, and the Society for Neuroscience in cooperation with the

In 1993 the EPA and National Academy of Sciences sponsored a congressionally mandated study called «Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children.&raquIn 1993 the EPA and National Academy of Sciences sponsored a congressionally mandated study called «Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children.&raquin the Diets of Infants and Children.»

1995 The National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council sponsor a panel study called «Hormone Related Toxicants in the Environment.»

I had the experience of a lifetime attending «Gut, Brain and Autoimmune Disorders: The Role of Food, «a conference sponsored by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine in Los Angeles.

The Role of Food I had the experience of a lifetime attending «Gut, Brain and Autoimmune Disorders: The Role of Food, «a conference sponsored by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine in Los Angeles.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for data protection officer with oasis community learning, one of the largest academy sponsors in the uk.