Sentences with phrase «new grammar»

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In On Language: All - Purpose Pronoun, O'Conner and Kellerman also point out that before Ann Fisher published A New Grammar in 1745, the default British generic pronoun was they.

Fisher's 1745 book — A New Grammar With Exercises of Bad English — was one of the most successful grammar books of its time, and scholars — like Ingrid Tieken - Boon van Ostade, a linguist at Leiden University (Netherlands) and an expert on early English grammars — believe that it was the first grammar book to say that he should be used generically as a singular personal pronoun.

A new grammar school was erected at the same site and the high school relocated just below town.

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The report has sparked a call from the National Association of Head Teachers for the government to scrap its plan for new grammar schools and invest in early years.

Minutes of a meeting between ministers and the Grammar School Heads» Association (GSHA) also reveal that the government expects new grammar schools to recruit the top 10 per cent of pupils.

May's pledge to scrap the ban on new grammar schools will almost certainly form a key part of the Conservative Party's manifesto.

Gibb was probed on whether the government should remove a ban on new grammar schools, thought to be something being weighed up by Prime Minister Theresa May, in front of an audience of more than 4,000 educationalists at the Teach First Impact Conference in Leeds today.

«Under our proposals, existing grammar schools and new grammar schools would only be allowed to open if they met strict conditions designed to ensure increased numbers of less well - off pupils have access to selective education,» Gibb told a debate in the Commons this afternoon.

Under our proposals, existing grammar schools and new grammar schools would only be allowed to open if they met strict conditions

The party wants to lift the ban on new grammar schools and make existing selective institutions, universities and independent schools set up free schools.

Schools minister Nick Gibb dodged a question on whether he thinks new grammar schools should be allowed to open, despite pleas from the education community for the government to ditch the idea.

Instead of using scarce resources on new grammar schools, we should focus on improving early years education and tackling stubborn levels of under - achievement in areas such as the black country, and areas across the midlands and the north.

An «ambitious package of education reforms» including new grammar schools and measures to force top universities to sponsor schools will help make the country «a true meritocracy», the prime minister will claim this morning.

The government claims it is still analysing responses to its consultation on proposals for the first new grammar schools in England for decades, which only closed in mid-December.

Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw has taken aim at government plans to lift the ban on new grammar schools as he enters his final term as chief inspector, claiming a return to selection would be a «profoundly retrograde step».

The opening of new grammar schools, which require pupils to pass the 11 + test to gain admittance, was banned by Tony Blair's government in 1998.

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The government is under pressure to justify its plans to open the first new grammar schools in England in decades, in the face of a large amount of evidence that shows that they have a negative effect on social mobility.

The government is under pressure to clarify its plans for new grammar schools after a memo photographed in Downing Street appeared to show proposals to work with existing grammar schools to prove they can be «expanded and reformed» ahead of a move to open new ones.

It is the latest in a series of U-turns on controversial manifesto policies and comes after plans to lift the ban on new grammar schools were shelved.

The prime minister confirmed in a speech this morning that the money would be spent on helping good and outstanding selective schools to grow, and would kick - start a raft of reforms which could eventually see new grammar schools open across England.

In a major speech, Theresa May will launch the new government's green paper, including plans to scrap the «arbitrary rule» which prevents new grammar schools from opening.

The government wants to overturn the existing ban on new grammar schools, and will spend # 50 million a year helping existing selective schools to expand.

We want to remove the restrictive regulations that are preventing more children from going to high - quality faith schools, and we want to end the ban on the opening of new grammar schools.

I was happy to read on page 25 of the Green Paper that a number of the things that have worked in schools such as Wallington and those in the King Edward VI group will be conditions when existing grammar schools expand or new grammar schools open.

The Department for Education has today finally published its response to the 2016 «Schools that work for everyone» consultation, which mooted opening the first new grammar schools in decades.

Will the new grammar school teachers get a free bus pass, too?

Keep an eye out for new grammar school satellite sites and post-16 selective schools.

These proposals include lifting the ban on new grammar schools - on the strict condition they improve the education of other pupils in the system - as well as harnessing the expertise and resources of our universities, and our independent and faith schools.

Former schools adjudicator Alan Parker told Schools Week that while the Swindon Academy move was likely «sanctioned by DfE, it does tend to subvert the 1998 legislation that forbade the creation of new grammar schools».

The government's plan to open new grammar schools is a key policy of Theresa May's new «shared society», the education secretary has said.

Little might have changed if pupil numbers remained flat, as the political cost of either creating new grammar schools or of trying to remove the system in the parts of England where it remains would be too high.

The government also confirmed it is still considering responses to its consultation on lifting the ban on new grammar schools among other reforms.

The «Schools that work for everyone» consultation ran throughout autumn 2016 in preparation for the planned introduction of new grammar schools.

The government's green paper on plans for new grammar schools and other school reforms will be laid before Parliament this afternoon.

Congress opposes the expansion of selection in England's schools by whatever means either through the establishment of new grammar schools, or by allowing free schools to select some of their intake.

This week the Government announced plans for an extra # 50 million to create 4,000 new grammar school places.

The policy document consulted on plans to lift the ban on new grammar schools, a proposal that was dropped last year following the Conservatives» poorer - than - expected performance in June's election.

The all - through academy, which was created in 2007 to replace Headlands School and Pinehurst junior and infant schools, hopes the new grammar stream will address problems with its reputation.

Since the policy was announced, the government has sought to defend its plans from a barrage of criticism from politicians of all colours, academics and the schools community, who have warned that the creation of new grammar schools could deepen existing social divides.

Polling carried out by ComRes for the National Grammar School Association just before the election found 51 % supported allowing new grammar schools to open, with just 10 % opposing.

«includes proposals to scrap the ban on new grammar schools — on the strict condition they improve the education of other pupils in the system»

Secondary head teachers in North Somerset have written to Prime Minister Theresa May, urging her to reconsider proposals for new grammar schools.

«That's why our consultation on creating more good school places in more parts of the country includes proposals to scrap the ban on new grammar schools — on the strict condition they improve the education of other pupils in the system — as well as harnessing the expertise and resources of our universities, and our independent and faith schools.»

The education secretary allowed Weald of Kent school in Tonbridge to open an annexe in Sevenoaks, sidestepping a ban on new grammar schools in England.

It comes as the government recently gave the go - ahead to a new grammar school in Kent which will be built as an «annexe» of an existing school 10 miles away.