Sentences with phrase «means more pupils»

«Everyone in our schools works incredibly hard, and that hard work means more pupils in Norfolk and Suffolk getting good grades and a better start in life.

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That means more than 2,100 pupils either were not tested or their test results did not get reported to authorities.

«What Michael wants to create is a first class, world class state system which means that in future years you will have more pupils from state schools, people like me, around the cabinet table, and in that I fully support Michael Gove,» the faith and communities minister said.

Authorities in northern Nigeria's Kaduna State say more than 20,000 primary school teachers will be dismissed as they failed to pass examination tests meant for their pupils.

Mr Kennedy said he wanted to maximise «real choice» in education, which meant freeing up the curriculum so it was responsive to the needs of all pupils, whether academic or more vocationally - inclined.

The increase in the Pupil Deprivation Grant, established by the Welsh Liberal Democrats, means that the grant has more than doubled.

She argued that there were elements in the legislation Lib Dems should support, including the pupil premium, which would mean schools enrolling disadvantaged pupils receiving more money.

Teacher Michael Crowhurst, who had asked the leaders who they would improve the life chances of his pupils, said the answers he had received meant he was «probably more likely to switch to the Tories».

A Department for Education (DfE) spokesman said: «Pupils are already benefiting hugely from the academies programme and thanks to our reforms more of them than ever before are going to good or outstanding schools, meaning more parents can access a good school place for their children.

Significant investment in Flanders in the run - up to the 2014 - 2018 Centenary Commemorations means that the area has more to offer pupils than ever before in their experience of WW1 cultural heritage.

This year, an additional 23 schools throughout England have entered into the Mandarin Excellence Programme, meaning hundreds more pupils will soon have the opportunity to learn this advanced skill.

To make it even more convenient, these standard layouts are available from stock, which means that they can be in place ready to receive pupils within weeks.

Ms Curnock Cook further voiced that a focus on universities on increasing their intakes of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds «probably did not» threaten the prospects of privately - educated pupils, because falling pupil numbers meant students with «good A-levels will be in more demand than ever».

The impact of these Healthy Schools activities means that: pupils are more engaged in P.E; literacy has improved; pupils have better relationships with one another and are more physically active at break and lunch times; attendance is in line with national averages; there are very low incidences of bad behaviour recorded after lunch time; all pupils that attended swing high club showed improved handwriting as a result of this intervention; 55 fruit pots are sold each day to pupils in KS2; and 40 pupils attend breakfast club.

By allowing parents to pay for meals online through the sQuid system, pupils were coming to school with less money in their pockets, meaning it was spent more responsibly.

In Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston, the coefficients of variation were nearly always more than 0.15, meaning that one - third of the schools in these districts had spending levels that deviated from their district's average by 15 percent (or $ 225,000 for a school of 500 when average spending is $ 3,000 per pupil).

A negative score means that, on average, students in property - poor districts actually receive more state and local funding per pupil than students in more affluent areas do.

The poll also found that larger classes are more difficult to manage and «mean an increased workload on teaching staff, as well as making it harder to provide feedback and support to pupils».

Significant investment in Flanders in the run - up to the 2014 - 2018 Centenary Commemorations and an ongoing programme of events and exhibitions means that the area has more to offer pupils than ever before in their experience of WW1 cultural heritage.

The rise in pupil numbers mean there are 470,000 more school children than in 2009, with schools being put under increasing pressure to provide enough places.

What would American education look like if we had shunned IQ tests as a means of sorting children, used higher salaries to attract more able recruits to teaching, adapted the kind of engaging cooperative inquiry among both teachers and pupils that Dewey favored, and expected all children to do rigorous mathematics and science beginning in elementary school?

The research, which was published in the journal «Psychological Medicine», found that over 5,000 pupils had a «bi-directional association» between psychological distress and exclusion meaning that pupils with health problems like depression, ADHD and anxiety were more likely to be excluded.

Our World, Relationships, Is it fair and Looking for meaning, board markscheme and various different text books to make sure that the pupils have more than enough to get top marks.

Utah is one of only 10 states that have negative wealth - neutrality scores, meaning that, on average, students in property - poor districts actually receive more funding per pupil than students living in wealthy areas.

Without this being effectively introduced at school, we are setting pupils up to fail, meaning that more than 80 per cent of them will require «significant training» before being put to work (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants).

The number means around 20 pupils were excluded a day in the 2014 - 15 academic year, with more than 27,000 exclusions linked to racist abuse since 2008 - 9.

A few basic questions for pupils to try, a quick reminder of the meaning of scalene, isosceles and equilateral (I would do a lesson on triangle types before doing interior angle sum), then pupils do more basic calculations (two angles are directly given), but also have to identify what type of triangles they get.

Innovations in dynamic lighting technology now mean that natural daylight can easily be replicated to create a much more positive learning environment for both pupils and staff.»

This could mean, for instance, pupils pushing individuals out of Whatsapp groups or removing them from group chats on other platforms; this trend is much more subtle than the overt name calling we usually associate with online safety, but while the former is still happening, the latter is becoming more widespread.

I love it when any of my pupils say «it's not working,» as this means that things are going to get interesting, we'll have a good laugh trying to fix it, and we'll learn even more.

Being able to use the itslearning platform to communicate and engage with pupils and parents is incredibly useful and the accessibility aspect is very important too, as it means that pupils can learn when they want to — something that pupils expect more and more in the 21st century.

Student - teacher email accounts have also opened up the channels of communication between pupils and educators, meaning that help and guidance outside of lesson time is much more accessible.

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«The rise in referrals doesn't necessarily mean that more children and young people are being radicalised, but that school staff are now clearer about what to do if they are worried that a pupil is at risk.»

According to the ISC's most recent census, only eight per cent of pupils received a means - tested bursary, which the ISC claims is worth around # 400 million, and four per cent more than last year.

The pupil attainment measure, it says, can encourage schools to «focus more narrowly on pupils near the expected standard», meaning pupils far below the expected standard risk being left behind and those far above may not be adequately stretched.

However, half of those referrals now come from education — up from just 8 per cent to 50 per cent, which means more than two pupils are now referred every school day.

«This means that schools where per - pupil funding is currently affected by PFI costs... will be funded more fairly under the national funding formula.»

At the average annual per - pupil expenditure of approximately $ 11,800, 30 fewer students could mean an annual loss of just more than $ 350,000, enough to pay six teachers» salaries.

Although the exams will cover more challenging content, the DfE insists this won't necessarily mean pupils score lower grades than they might have under the old system.

Coupled with an expected growth in the number of taxpayers, this means more per - pupil funds for schools.

Dr Smith says starting the school day earlier has helped improve pupils» concentration and means they are more willing to get involved in activities once classes have ended.

This means that other schools in selective areas are taking more than their fair share of the poorest and chronically poor pupils.

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.

Labour's plan is to reduce class sizes to «under 30» for infants, which means that schools would have to ensure there are no more than 29 pupils in any infant class.

«Pupils are already benefiting hugely from the academies programme and thanks to our reforms more of them than ever before are going to good or outstanding schools, meaning more parents can access a good school place for their children.»

Changes the definition of a dropout recovery high school to mean a school offering instruction in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in which 50 % or more of its pupils are either designated as dropouts, as specified, or and were not otherwise enrolled for a period of at least 180 days and the school provides specified instruction, and also includes a high school in which 50 % or more of its pupils left a school and were not otherwise enrolled in a school for a period of at least 180 days.

At the same time, a policy of requiring pupils to re-sit maths and English, if they failed to get at least a C grade, means more 17 - year - olds are taking the exams.

A greater score means a pupil has made more progress than other pupils with a similar starting point.

They told BBC Wales education correspondent Colette Hume it would mean more quality time to spend with pupils.