Tutors on the online local services site have revealed that the recent change in marking criteria and the number of parents
looking at grammar schools has fuelled the increase.
Or, if
we look at grammar schools or independent schools, many of which are not only selective but also more academic and less vocational which in itself can close off certain avenues for students.
Not exact matches
That it messes with structure and medium is nothing new, but as with the casting of Downey Jr. and Monaghan as
grammar -
school classmates (even as it's commenting on Hollywood's treatment of women, it's guilty of it), as it's fucking with the way we
look at film and understand narratives, it's indulging in the topsy - turvy, smart - alecky vogue of Guy Ritchie / Christopher Nolan chic.
Hosted by Alicia Blanco - Bayo, pre-
school manager
at Kirkham
Grammar School, the seminar will also
look at how play can be differentiated, how to plan for differentiated play, and how to orientate children so that they can initiate play that had previously been differentiated.
The EPIs analysis
looked at the implications of expanding or opening new
grammar schools by assessing areas on a set of tests that mirror the conditions set out in the «Schools that work for everyone» green
schools by assessing areas on a set of tests that mirror the conditions set out in the «
Schools that work for everyone» green
Schools that work for everyone» green paper.
«I think we need to be able to move this debate on and
look at things as they are today, and maybe step away from a more old - fashioned debate around
grammar schools and work out where they fit in today's landscape.»
«What we're
looking at here is funding which is fundamentally going to change the nature of
grammar schools,» he said.
Explaining her support from
grammar schools, Tilley added: «When you
look around
at children they are not all equal, they are different.
If we
look at the gap in attainment in
grammar schools between those who are from disadvantaged backgrounds and those who are not, we see that it is virtually zero — that is not the same in other
schools.»
We're
looking very carefully
at our admissions code, which has already changed to allocate places for pupil premium [additional funding for
schools to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils] and other disadvantage indicators, and overcome the stigma from some families that
grammar schools are not for them.»
If you
look at the comments in the Daily Mail under any article about
grammar schools, the vast majority of their readers (ie Tory voters) want them».
The Blackden Trust is an educational charity, based in a Tudor Medicine House on a 10,000 year old site, that welcomes pupils from The Manchester
Grammar School to
look at the past through a new persp...
The research also
looks at GCSE attainment for pupils
at grammar schools.
«It must be good news that the government is
looking at repealing a statutory ban new
grammar schools.
Much of this question depends on what you mean by
grammar schools working, but you could
look at whether they work for the pupils attending them and for the education system as a whole.
An excellent place to start
looking at the evidence on
grammar schools is with the work of Newsnight's Chris Cook.
«A significant number of
grammar schools are looking at a very bleak financial future,» says Charlotte Martens, vice-chairman of the Grammar School Heads Assoc
grammar schools are
looking at a very bleak financial future,» says Charlotte Martens, vice-chairman of the
Grammar School Heads Assoc
Grammar School Heads Association.
«If you
look at the attainment within
grammar schools, poorer children do better in
grammar schools than they do in other
schools,» said Mrs May.
Looking at deprivation levels within a 5 km (three - mile) distance of a
grammar school can reveal how closely the
school matches its locality.
But she said Ms Greening was
looking at the issue of new
grammar schools as well as other areas of education policy.
If you
look at opinion polls what you find is that older voters like it, and particularly older voters who remember
grammar schools in the old way like it, but parents who actually have to make invidious choices about where to send their children hate it.»
Should we
look at creating a bursary scheme which offsets costs for children entering
grammar school - uniform costs for example.
She said: «We need to
look at, for example, should children on free
school meals be able to enter
grammar schools if they have lower than the average [test score] that is required in Kent?
The report also
looked at the impact the academic selection of
grammar schools had on other
schools that the
grammar pupils could have gone to.
«We have set out our proposals to
look at introducing more
grammar schools where local communities want that.»
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.
«Having made social mobility the centre of his conference speech, David Cameron should
look at the clear evidence on
grammar schools: they do not increase equality of opportunity, they make it worse,» said Powell.
He said
grammar schools should
look again
at their admissions policies and ensure they were making provision for children from disadvantaged areas or with special needs, even if that means altering the entrance requirements, and do more outreach work in deprived areas.
Have a
look at the websites of Pitsford Hall
school weather station Reigate Grammar School Maiden Erlegh School Radley College archived Becta South east grid for learning together with curriculum
school weather station Reigate
Grammar School Maiden Erlegh School Radley College archived Becta South east grid for learning together with curriculum
School Maiden Erlegh
School Radley College archived Becta South east grid for learning together with curriculum
School Radley College archived Becta South east grid for learning together with curriculum links
Most importantly, we received excellent feedback from the participants: «covered a subject that is under - taught
at my
school;» «the Toolkit
looks to be an invaluable resource;» and «I've gotten this far without learning
grammar, but it
looks like it's time to learn.
Schools such as Geelong Grammar in Victoria, St Peter's College in Adelaide, Knox Grammar in New South Wales and Perth College in Western Australia have embedded positive education into their curricula, while a growing number of government and private schools are looking at ways to incorporate the principles into day - to - day schoo
Schools such as Geelong
Grammar in Victoria, St Peter's College in Adelaide, Knox
Grammar in New South Wales and Perth College in Western Australia have embedded positive education into their curricula, while a growing number of government and private
schools are looking at ways to incorporate the principles into day - to - day schoo
schools are
looking at ways to incorporate the principles into day - to - day
school life.