Sentences with phrase «league table position»

However, by and large those clubs who invest the most in their playing squads usually get the reward of gaining a higher League table position.

Looking at Arsenal's drop in league table position over the last 2 seasons and the resultant trend does not make pleasant reading for owners and sponsors.

fewer than a third of parents (29 %) checked the league table position when choosing a school, with most parents (54 %) looking online for general information and talking to parents of current pupils (53 %);

Notes to editors A recent survey of parents, carried out by polling company ComRes and commissioned by the NASUWT found that fewer than a third of parents (29 %) checked the league table position when choosing a school.

James Kempton, the reports's co-author, said: «Attainment thresholds always mean that some pupils» success is more important to the school's league table position than others.

He believes some schools boosted their league table positions in the past by entering students for «softer» subjects and vocational qualifications.

The government says this has created «perverse incentives» for schools to offer exams that boost their league table position.

Spielman will tell Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) conference delegates later today a conflict has emerged between a head's desire to give pupils the right education, and to improve their league table position.

The figures show Harris Academy Greenwich would have seen the biggest impact on its league table position.

He believes too many schools opt for softer subjects in a bid to boost their league table positions.

It says that in the past, too many children - especially the poorest - have been steered away from traditional academic subjects towards vocational subjects which might not have been in their best interests but which boosted schools» league table positions.

Mr Gove says under Labour too many pupils were pushed towards less academic courses to boost their school's league table position.

Critics of the system claim some schools opt for such courses instead of academic subjects to boost their league table positions.

Young people should be entered for the qualifications and a combination of subjects that are in their best interests - not to boost the league table position of the school.»

It also shows which schools might owe their league table positions to less academic subjects which are «counted» as GCSEs.

The league table positions, facts, and figures drive the commentary that you hear.