Sentences with phrase «independent school pupils»

The majority of both state and independent school pupils said that teaching standards were better at the school than at university, according to the poll of 500 final - year students.

Extra exam time to finish GCSE and A Level tests was given to one in five independent school pupils last year, analysis shows.

The Department of Education's (DfE's) «Widening participation in higher education» statistics show that in 2013 - 14 85 per cent of independent school pupils went into higher education by the age of 19, compared to 62 per cent of those from state schools.

The links are ultimately in other partnership projects such as Art master - classes hosted at Aldro with overlap from independent school pupils.

«When you consider that most independent school pupils take a modern foreign language at GCSE...» Let's also consider how many of these independent schools are selective.

«When you consider that most independent school pupils take a modern foreign language at GCSE and many do classics, [and] that most take three separate sciences alongside English language, English literature and maths — plus at least one humanities subject — that leaves little room,» he said.

Despite the 0.6 per cent drop, the proportion of independent school pupils achieving top grades is still almost double the national average of 25.8 per cent.

The argument was revived earlier when the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) admitted making an error in their September report which found independent school pupils to do worse at university.

He said the government's proposals for more collaboration «will obviously be beneficial», but he warned the balance between the numbers of independent school pupils winning Olympic medals compared with state schools would «not happen overnight.

Major new research by HEFCE, the funding body for universities in England, into who does best in higher education suggests state school pupils outperform independent school pupils; girls outperform boys and white pupils do better than those from other ethnic groups.

And for schools with 851 - 900 A-level points per student, 50 % of independent school pupils got places at the selective universities, while only 32 % of comprehensive pupils did.

As reported by Tes, three - quarters of independent school pupils said they felt more academically prepared to go to university, compared with 53 per cent of state school pupils.

The study was based on students who received a first or 2:1 degree at Russell Group institutions and is expected to fuel the debate around whether university applications from state schools should be favoured over those from independent school pupils.

A 2011 Sutton Trust report found 48 % of independent school pupils were accepted into the 30 most selective universities, compared with 18 % for comprehensive schools and the average for all schools being 23.8 %

Independent school pupils are four times more likely to attain an A * at GCSE than their non-selective state sector counterparts and twice as likely to attain an A grade at A-level.

More than 27,000 independent school pupils were given extra exam time in their GCSE and A Level exams last year, which accounts for 20 per cent.

The ISC includes half of the country's private schools that educate around 80 per cent of all independent school pupils.

The same report showed that 5.2 % of independent school pupils were accepted into Oxbridge, compared with 0.8 % for comprehensive schools and with the average for all schools 1.8 %.

The aim of the partnership is for pupils at The Manchester Grammar School, state and independent school pupils and college pupils to be supported in preparation for their university interviews.

But last week's report on English GCSEs noted that the «attainment profile» for 2012 dropped, as grammar and independent school pupils were replaced with extra, lower - achieving comprehensive pupils.

For example, among schools where pupils achieved an average of 801 - 850 A-level points each (900 is equivalent to three A grades), 26 % of the comprehensive school pupils went on to the selective universities, compared with 45 % of the independent school pupils.