Sentences with phrase «majority of pupils»

The vast majority of pupils already walk and cycle to school, but too many still make the journey by car.

Now, the vast majority of pupils are Hispanic; almost 90 percent in the 2006 - 2007 school year.

Pupils now typically make greater than expected progress across units of work and in a recent survey, the vast majority of pupils said the Empiribox lessons were exciting and enjoyable and made them keen to learn more in other areas of the curriculum.»

Engaging play opportunities Observation of playtimes, something that doesn't happen nearly often enough, will frequently reveal that around 20 per cent of pupils are dominating the space by running around frantically with a ball, whilst the great majority of pupils are pretty much static, standing around the perimeter chatting, with very little high - energy activity going on anywhere other than at the ball game in the middle.

The IPC has also helped us to identify the learning styles of majority of our pupils while helping teachers to display various teaching skills at the same.

The Department acknowledges the very significant progress made by schools in developing inclusive practices and provision whereby the vast majority of pupils with special educational needs now attend mainstream schools.

Many if not most schools are faced with the need to deal with a majority of pupils who have suffered the consequences of assaults on a holistic understanding of human sexuality.

Yet the vast majority of pupils (who were not designated as «our musicians») felt that music was not for them.

However, the research did show that pupils starting secondary school in September are more likely to be prepared for the required classroom level, with only one in ten school leaders believing that a majority of their pupils were behind.

A Department for Education spokeswoman commented: «The vast majority of pupils were offered a place at their first choice school and more than 95 per cent received offers from one of their top three choices.»

«The majority of our pupils forge successful careers in the performing arts, but as well as this brilliant education in performing arts, our students strive for excellence in all areas of their studies and their achievements at A Level echo this.

The Terrace Higgins Trust noted that the current government guidance for schools was so out of date it is older than the majority of pupils currently in school learning about the subject.

«We really need to be thinking about the majority of pupils that wouldn't be able to get into these schools and the fact that they, just as much as their peers who have attained more highly on that particular test, deserve to have a really high - quality education.»

In an area where the majority of pupils come from ethnic minority backgrounds, the school will provide 750 students with the opportunity to excel academically, and gain skills and experiences needed to make informed choices about their future.

The reply also openly acknowledged that the majority of pupils in Alternative Provision are from socially disadvantaged backgrounds.

Institutions have also raised serious concerns about their ability to continue to provide a «specialised key stage 4 curriculum if they were expected to teach the EBacc subjects to the vast majority of their pupils», according to the consultation.

That means pupils have extra time to take part in «enrichment» - an extra hour after school which includes traditional catch - up classes in maths and English alongside more unusual activities such as rock music club and table - top fantasy game Warhammer, with the majority of pupils staying on to take part.

Nicky Morgan, education secretary, said: «This is the first year we have assessed pupils under the new more rigorous system and it is no surprise that this year's results look different to previous years, but despite that the majority of pupils have achieved above and beyond the new expected standard.»

If teachers cover the curriculum then the majority of their pupils should be able to gain the expected grade.

These show that the majority of pupils make accelerated progress in reading comprehension during the five - week period.

The inspection body says despite the majority of pupils aged seven to 14 achieving good standards in English, pupils in Wales continue to lag behind the rest of the UK.

ATL general secretary Mary Bousted says the vast majority of pupils are well - behaved and a pleasure to teach.

The majority of pupils attending a PRU have been excluded from school or have been transferred to a PRU as part of a «managed move» because their behaviour persistently disrupted the education of other students.

But although union leaders welcomed the additional funding for the arts, they are worried the money will not reach the majority of pupils.

Figures obtained by Schools Week show the capital already contains the most Catholic schools at which a majority of the pupils are Catholic, indicating the Church would seek to open more schools here.

Schools minister Nick Gibb said that thanks to the country's new focus on «raising standards», the majority of pupils have performed «well» in this year's tests.

But former education secretary Nicky Morgan said the government had raised the bar to a more «rigorous system» and said she «knew» it was «asking more», adding: «This is the first year we have assessed pupils under the new more rigorous system and it is no surprise that this year's results look different to previous years, but despite that the majority of pupils have achieved above and beyond the new expected standard.»

At that time, the majority of pupils left school at 15 (with no certificates) for unskilled factory and office work.

From a recent national pilot, it was found in a majority of cases there were reduced referrals to school - based wellbeing services, and a majority of pupils improved on their predicted GCSE grades.

Pupils now typically make greater than expected progress across units of work and in a recent survey, the majority of pupils said the Empiribox lessons were fun and exciting, making them keen to learn more in other areas of the curriculum.

The summative grades achieved for each pupil are reported to parents, but it is clear from the low scores on two questions that the majority of pupils are not skilled in using case study examples to support their answers.

The majority of pupils have been excluded from school a

«The vast majority of pupils were offered a place at their first choice school and more than 95 % received offers from one of their top three choices,» said the education department's spokeswoman.

Mr Duncan criticised budget cuts for education and the lack of attention on standards for the majority of pupils in US state schools.

Our teachers work in schools where the majority of pupils come from the country's least advantaged communities.

The majority of the pupils use shortcuts to pass through the process.