Moloney argued that the lower
number of pupils attending Broadoak would mean the pupils with special needs could be taught in smaller class sizes.
But
the number of pupils attending PRUs during this period actually created an increase in the percentage of children attending schools in non-mainstream settings.
Critics of the expansion plans have focused on the low
number of pupils attending grammar schools who are eligible for free school meals - used as a traditional measure of poverty.
Last month it was revealed that
the number of pupils attending secondary school has increased each year since 2013 with the total number of 11 - 18 year olds at school in the UK now at 3,223,090.
It was recently revealed that
the number of pupils attending secondary school has increased every year since 2013, with the total number of UK 11 -18-year olds at school now at 3,223,090.
The number of pupils attending secondary school is expected to rise by 20 per cent over the next ten years, putting added pressure on school places.
Not exact matches
There was, however, a decline in the
number of pupils taking core subjects such as geography and history and modern languages, and a marked rise in the
number of non - academic / vocational qualifications being taken, particularly by
pupils from the poorest backgrounds or those
attending schools in disadvantaged areas.
Ms Turnely continued: «In the face
of the government's campaign to broaden access to universities, elite public schools have actually increased the
number of pupils they send to Oxbridge over the last five years, whilst ethnic minority students are twice as likely to
attend modern universities than traditional universities.»
It's not just the environment in which students study when
attending an education establishment for a
number of years, it's also the methods in which education is transferred to
pupils that needs consideration in design.
Analysis
of Department for Education (DfE) data reveals that in the past four years there has been an increase in the
number of pupils with SEND who
attend a specialist school, up from 5.6 per cent in 2012 to 8.5 per cent in 2016.
The latest figures show the
number of pupils now
attending good or better schools in Manchester is the same as that nationally - with a rate
of improvement on this measure over the last four years that far outstrips national improvement.»
A growing
number of children now
attend charter schools operated by regional or national firms with non-local «brand names» (e.g. KIPP, National Heritage, Achievement First) and a growing
number of pupils now absorb at least part
of the curriculum from online providers at the state or national (and, in time, planetary) level.
But, a large
number of «mathematics lessons» that
pupils attend are not mathematics lessons at all.
Currently, if this factor is used in a local formula it is based on
pupils» average distance from the next closest school, together with the total
number of pupils in the school they
attend.
I suspect that Lambeth Council's use if the word «surplus «school places does not take into account the
numbers of Lambeth primary school
pupils who
attend a secondary school outside the borough.
The total tuition amount owed by a sending district to a charter school shall be the per
pupil tuition amount as defined above, multiplied by the total
number of students
attending the charter school from that district in the current fiscal year.
The per
pupil foundation budget component shall be the district's foundation budget for the charter school, as so calculated, divided by the
number of students
attending the charter school from the sending district in the previous fiscal year.
Pupil premium is calculated by the
number of FSM children at the school in addition to the
number of looked after children who
attend the school.
In Kent, an increasing
number of children who have received the
pupil premium are
attending grammar schools, so Kent is working at widening access.