Sentences with phrase «levelled at grammar schools»

A criticism regularly levelled at grammar schools is the fact that many children develop later but find themselves excluded from an academic education that might have suited them.

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Born in the Welsh mining town of Argoed, he was educated at Pontllanfraith Grammar School obtaining A Levels in economics and geography before studying for a degree in business studies.

Additionally, the report advises that while grammar school pupils do score slightly higher at GCSE, much of this is explained by prior levels of attainment, meaning that bright pupils do just as well in the best comprehensives as they do in grammars.

The same analysis also found that pupils from poorer backgrounds who performed just as well as their more well off peers were still less likely to attend grammars, with 66 per cent of children who achieve level five in both English and Maths at Key Stage 2 who are not eligible for free school meals going to a grammar school compared with 40 per cent of similarly high achieving children who are eligible for free school meals.

OCR Religious Studies - Developments in Christian Thought - Unit 6 - Challenges part of a series of podcasts by Mark Coffey (author of Ethics for OCR Religious Studies) and Dr Andrew Brower - Latz (author of The Social Philosophy of Gillian Rose), teachers of Religious Studies A Level at The Manchester Grammar School.

Kate Bullivant, Head of Art at St Michael's Catholic Grammar School in North London, has been experimenting with breaking down the level descriptors and applying them very specifically to a Year 8 Urban Environment project.

Lucie de Gentile, who lives in Colchester, passed ten GCSEs with A * / A grades and will study for A levels in Politics, Classics, English Literature, French and Economics at Colchester Royal Grammar School (CRGS).

Looking at deprivation levels within a 5 km (three - mile) distance of a grammar school can reveal how closely the school matches its locality.

The policy is likely to prompt criticism from grammar school critics, not least because it could adversely affect pupil numbers, and therefore funding levels, at comprehensive or secondary modern schools within 15 miles of selective schools.

The research, which also looks at GCSE attainment for pupils at grammar schools, confirms that while grammar school pupils do score slightly higher at GCSE, it concludes that much of this can be explained by prior levels of attainment.