Sentences with phrase «league table pressure»

Schools want their students to do well and are under league table pressure to do that too.

The organisation claims a key obstacle to increasing the take - up of languages is «league table pressures» - that schools are steering pupils towards subjects in which they are more likely to get top grades.

Not exact matches

They sit in eighth place in the Serie A table after 11 games, 12 points adrift of the top four, while they've been held to back - to - back goalless draws by AEK Athens in the Europa League over the last fortnight to really ramp up the pressure on Montella.

With the Premier League champions continuing to languish in the bottom half of the table and with just four points separating them from the relegation zone, the pressure is still on Hiddink to find the long - term solutions to ensure that the club continue to make progress.

Blackburn are one place and one point ahead of their opponents, who are bottom of the Premier League table, and Kean insists he is handling the pressure that comes with a relegation fight.

It was hardly the sort of thing to increase the pressure on our London rivals Chelsea who sit one place above us in the league table and for some time it looked as though the Blues would stroll to victory themselves, but despite and early goal and plenty more chances, they allowed West Ham to gain a foothold and then claim a point through a Javier Hernandez strike.

Man Utd will hope to keep the pressure on rivals Man City at the top of the Premier League table when they take on Huddersfield Town on Saturday.

Even though Arsenal piled the pressure on our Premier League rivals by taking all three points off Sunderland in the first game of the EPL weekend at the Stadium of Light, we are still locked on points with both Liverpool and Man City at the top of the table after they both managed wins of their own.

Arsenal face the long haul up to Newcastle to face a team without a League win so far this season, but the Gunners are still under pressure to come away with all three points to try and keep in touch at the top end of the table.

Instead, they now advanced to the next round and will undoubtedly be buoyed by the result heading into their Premier League clash with Sunderland on Tuesday night as they look to keep the pressure on at the top of the table with several first - team stars expected to return to action.

While Arsenal could really do with the clubs above us and around us in the Premier League table having a few slips and dropping some points, the only thing we can really do ourselves is to keep winning games in order to keep up the pressure and to put ourselves in the position to take advantage if and when they do, which makes our away game against AFC Bournemouth tomorrow another must win match.

i think winning two FA cups in a row shows you can play under pressure, chelsea, man utd, liverpool and man city are beow us in the table, no I am not happy but fix the issue in center forward position, beef up a few postions, stay healthy and compete... we are not in the league to win the champions leaque, but we can compete for the league...

so then, we are now 11 points behind the league, remember my post from when we were leading the table when I said soon as the pressure starts mounting we will begin dropping points?

I suppose that it did not matter in the end, as Arsenal were able to soak up the pressure from West Ham and record a vital away win that keeps the little run of results going and moves the Gunners above the Hammers in the Premier League table.

However, the pressure is on the hosts to bounce back this weekend after their disappointing 3 - 0 defeat to Roma in the Champions League in midweek, as they can't afford to slip further behind their rivals at the top of the Premier League table in their bid to defend their league League in midweek, as they can't afford to slip further behind their rivals at the top of the Premier League table in their bid to defend their league League table in their bid to defend their league league crown.

Any win for Arsenal over today's visitors to north London would take the Gunners to just two points behind Chelsea, who currently sit fifth in the Premier League table and have seen their own top four hopes disappear after losing their long unbeaten home record against Tottenham last weekend, but a big win for Arsenal could help to pile even more pressure onto the Blues before they face West Ham later today.

It might be a bit of a combination, but there are moments when making the ground can instill pressure onto another side and if that had happened we could be looking at a different league table despite overall points being so similar to last season.

A team without pressure can be very dangerous Top teams lose in the FA Cup to lower mid, lower table and even lower league teams.

Chelsea head to Burnley today aiming to level up our results against the Clarets this season, and keep the pressure on the teams above us in the league table...

The youth team currently sit second in the league table and will be looking to keep up the pressure on leaders Rotherham United, who occupy top spot on goal difference from the Stags.

It has been well documented and discussed that the manager who was ready to replace the great Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United would be under a great deal of pressure to live up to his very high standards and with the reigning Premier League champions currently sitting in the second half of the table after six games, Moyes is already being grilled by the media.

Real Madrid continued their pressure at the top of the table on Barcelona with a 4 - 2 victory over Athletic Bilbao last weekend in a topsy - turvy encounter and the match would have been a good preparation for Los Blancos for the Champions League clash against Roma on Wednesday.

Nigel Pearson is a man under pressure and, while he will be hoping to move one step closer to a Wembley appearance, Premier League survival remains the primary consideration of the manager of the team currently sitting rock bottom of the table.

The damage caused by the pressure to teach to the test will now be added to by pressure to enhance teacher assessment results for league table purposes.

There are warnings from teachers that an excessive emphasis on testing narrows the curriculum and reduces creativity, with the pressure of school league tables taking precedence over the needs of individual pupils.

Speaking at a conference in June, Ofsted's head Amanda Spielman warned too many schools in England put their league table results above pupil interests, with the pressure to boost exam grades overtaking important learning values.

Mr Taylor said there were concerns pressure on schools to perform well in league tables could be a factor - and that this is shaping choices rather than pupils» needs.

However, the Civitas think tank is warning that the EBacc could disadvantage the poorest students because the pressure of league tables could lead to schools discouraging students from taking non-compulsory subjects if they were not expected to get a C or above in them.

They say music is being squeezed because of pressure on pupils to take subjects included in the EBacc school league table measure.

This was being driven by the pressure on schools to perform well in league tables, he added, rather than the interests of pupils.