Sentences with phrase «number of pupils in»

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has set targets to increase the number of pupils in secondary school in England taking science subjects.

Following an increase in the number of teachers relative to the number of pupils in the 2000s, the pupil teacher ratio has been relatively stable as teacher numbers have tracked pupil numbers since 2010.

The number of pupils in English secondary schools has increased for the second year in a row, reaching 2,797,000 this year.

In California, traditional district school and charter public schools are funded under the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) which allocates state and local tax dollars to public education agencies based on the number of pupils in each grade level.

We are strongly opposed to plans to reduce per place funding for mainstream schools with special units from # 10,000 to # 6,000, with the rest of the funding dependent on the number of pupils in the unit in any one year.

The state longitudinal dropout rate is calculated by determining the total number of students enrolled in Texas public schools in seventh grade and subtracting the total number of those same students receiving a high school diploma five years later, excluding students who will not graduate but are still enrolled in the regular school program that leads to acquiring a high school diploma (such as students who were retained or do not have sufficient credits), divided by the number of pupils in the original seventh grade group and multiplying by 100 to determine the percentage.

That said, FullFact found the increased number of pupils in good or better schools, although correct, was partly due to changes in inspection practices.

Taken from the school census, these data show the number of pupils in each school in the country who are on free school meals, have SEND needs or are identified as EAL, and also the ethnic backgrounds of pupils in each school.

In many cases schools select different classes or groups for each session so that a large number of pupils in each school are given the opportunity to play cricket.

However, ASCL has warned that «many more teachers» will be needed in the next five years as the number of pupils in England's secondary schools is expected to increase by 391,000.

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.

The figures show that pupils in Middlesborough are the most likely to receive an exclusion — at a rate 4.18, which is worked out as a percentage of the number of exclusions by the overall number of pupils in the area.

The number of pupils in need of special - school places is expected to increase by 11,000 over the next five years as the pupil population increases.

The number of pupils in England given 25 % extra time in GCSEs and A-level exams because of a special need has almost doubled over five years.

That change alone is estimated to increase the number of pupils in the program by 50 next year, and increase voucher payments by $ 621,400.

Based on the number of pupils in year 3 to 6 not currently eligible for free school meals, and a take - up of 90 per cent in the pilot, the IFS estimates the extension of free meals to all primary pupils would cost around # 800 million a year.

More than 2,000 new schools must be built within the next four years to accommodate the rising number of pupils in England, according to Scape Group's «School Places Challenge» report.

A greater number of pupils in the deprived borough in the north west of England are entitled to free meals than in the wealthier London borough.

The number of pupils in England and Wales who were entered for the full course GCSE in Religious Studies (RS) has reached its highest since 2002.

«The steep decline in the number of pupils in this country taking French, German and Spanish should concern us all.

The number of pupils in the school will be a key deciding factor as to whether it is sustainable to be a standalone school.

As the number of pupils in schools increases, it is important to provide sufficient facilities to offer opportunities for outdoor learning and play.

Throughout the 1970s, there was considerable pressure to merge the systems - particularly since the raising of the age of compulsory education to 16 considerably increased the number of pupils in a position to obtain qualifications.

Schools Week revealed last month that the DfE needed to claw back # 11 million from more than 100 free schools after they failed to recruit the expected numbers of pupils in the past academic year.

«Under a Labour government, the numbers of pupils in infant classes larger than 30 fell dramatically - a key pledge in our 1997 manifesto.»

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My school had an unusually high number of such educated teachers, winding down from their wartime careers in the army, the Church, or the colonial service, and many of their pupils were drawn to them.

«I am particularly pleased that our highest - performing schools, Hampden Gurney, has secured fantastic outcomes with a significant number of disadvantaged pupils in Year 6 - demonstrating once again that a child's success should never be limited by their background.»

Currently, faith schools are limited in the number of pupils they can admit who share the religious ethos of the school.

... This set of statistics may even be an underestimate of the direction of travel as... Catholic schools and colleges often feel under pressure to demonstrate theirCatholicity and can inflate actual numbers in their «self - declaration» of Catholic staff and pupils.»

However, this was refuted in Thursday's letter with the four politicians highlighting the number of non-Catholic pupils existing Catholic schools admit.

He contends that in a community where large numbers of pupils are served by church - related schools, it can be assumed that state assistance would entail considerable political activity.

A drop in the number of pupils studying GCSE Religious Studies (RE) is being put down to some schools flouting the law and not teaching the subject to 15 and 16 - year - olds.

Chief Executive, Religious Education Council of England and Wales said: «It is troubling that there is a decline in the number of pupils receiving a solid grounding in Religious Education at Key Stage 4.

He added: «There was a system of administration in that school over a long number of years which allowed a paedophile to flourish, gave him authority, not only over all of the pupils, but gave him authority over the staff as well and put him in a position where he could abuse people and that needs to be explored, it needs to be investigated, it needs to be enquired into.

The Principal of Public School 244 in Queens, New York City, has revealed that his pupils now have longer attention spans, are getting better academic scores, and the number of overweight and obese students has dropped by two percent — all since the school went «Meat Free» back in January.

According to the article, «a Government - backed report is expected to push for a halving in the number of children taking packed lunches to school in an attempt to stop pupils eating so much fatty and sugary food.»

For the 2016 to 2017 academic year, this will be allocated on the basis of the number of pupils recorded in the January 2015 school census data.

This should be calculated using the number of places in the provision which are used by pupils in the school (as opposed to pupils on the rolls of other schools) excluding places occupied by under 5s and pupils aged 16 to 19, although authorities can use a different basis if this is agreed by EFA.

Place funding it is not intended to align exactly with the number of pupils or students in an institution at any given time, but instead provides a base level of funding for institutions and financial stability for institutions to help with stability of provision and planning.

Consequently, the number of pupils aged under 16, on which the pre-16 formula funding for the mainstream school is based, should exclude those pupils in the provision.

A record number of Scottish pupils are receiving their exam results today, although pass rates for Highers have fallen for the first time in four years.

Schools have improved in the last 13 years in many ways - in raw standards, in the number and percentage of pupils who now gain the magic five A * - C (or equivalent) GCSEs, in the quality of teaching and learning in our schools, in the quality of our school buildings, in the creativity and flexibility of the curriculum, and in the range and quality of specialist equipment in schools.

It indicated that inconsistencies in school enrollment data, provided by directorates, schools and caterers, made it difficult to determine the actual number of pupils that were fed and whether government paid the caterers for their services.

In a Holyrood debate this afternoon, Alex Salmond, the Scottish First Minister, has tabled a motion recognising «that free school meals help tackle child poverty and promote child welfare and educational attainment; further recognises that free school meals save families at least # 330 per child per year; confirms its commitment to increasing the number of primary school pupils eligible for free school meals».

There are a number of possible explanations for these trends and the fact check is correct when it states that the improvement in the socioeconomic gap in achievement at age 11 can not be specifically attributed to the pupil premium.

Commenting on the data released today by the Department for Education on permanent and fixed - period exclusions of pupils during 2013 - 14, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The increase in the number of pupils suspended due to assaulting adults in schools is extremely worrying.

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.

The number of Key Stage 1 classes reported as unlawfully having more than 30 pupils on the census day was 310 (from a total of 54,790 classes), 0.6 per cent of all Key Stage 1 classes, up from 0.3 per cent in January 2010.

Responding to BBC figures on the number of allegations made against teachers by parents and pupils in the last year, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: