Sentences with phrase «numbers of pupils achieve»
If increasing numbers of pupils achieve the outcomes we want then we should have cause to celebrate rather than opening up accusations of «dumbing down».
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Nationally, there was a dip in the number of pupils achieving the benchmark measure of five A * - C grades, including English and maths — down from 60.6 per cent last year, to 56 per cent this year.
Ms Gould also highlighted a 12 per cent increase in the number of pupils achieving an A * to C in maths — up from 55 to 67 per cent.
Staff at Bournville School, in Birmingham, are celebrating today after an eight per cent rise in the number of pupils achieving five or more A * to C grades, including English and maths.
The low number of pupils achieving a GCSE in English and maths has been blamed for a recruitment crisis in early years education.
The measure, introduced by the Burnt Mill Academy Trust which took over at the start of this month, is designed to raise the number of pupils achieving strong passes in English and maths GCSE above the national average and achieve a positive Progress 8 score, from a current position of -0.09.
In 2015, 27 of the Schools Challenge Cymru schools saw an increase in the number of pupils achieving five A * - C grades at GCSE.
Critics of the existing system point to the year - on - year rises in the numbers of pupils achieving top grades as a sign that GCSEs have become easier, but supporters say teenagers are working harder than ever and teachers are getting better at preparing them for exams.
Not exact matches
However, the letter claims the decline is overshadowed by the fall in GCSE performance of FSM pupils, where the number of FSM pupils achieving five A * - C grades fell by seven per cent.
In 2014, the number of wealthiest students who achieved three or more As increased to 21.13 per cent, while the number of poorer pupils saw a much smaller jump to 2.99 per cent.
According to Joe Scaife, Chair of Kreston's Academies Group and a partner at Bishop Fleming, the UK's second largest accountants for Academy schools: «The latest survey reveals staff costs and pupil numbers are not being covered by government funding alone, meaning academies have to look for cost savings on top of those they have already achieved.
In schools where the number of children obtaining the EBacc was above the national average in 2015 - 2016, 73.2 per cent of pupils taking up an arts subject achieved grades A * - C - compared to the national average of 71.7 per cent.
The government has committed to providing each pupil a place at a good school, but this key objective is becoming harder to achieve in the face of budget pressures and increasing numbers of children entering the education system.
New government data shows that the number of pupils entering and achieving the EBacc has decreased this year.
Using this rule of thumb, we convert the «gap» between high - achieving better - off pupils and poor pupils into an approximate number of months.
Exact figures for the previous year are still being collated but early indication is positive with a high number of the pupils involved achieving Level 6.
«However, the management and allocation will be informed by the James Review, which is aimed at ensuring that best value for money is achieved and that the maximum number of pupils benefit from the available funding.»
Head teachers are angry at a drop in the number of pupils who achieved at least a grade C in their English GCSE.
England needs to double the number of disadvantaged pupils who achieve the top GCSE grades in maths to catch up with the best - performing countries around the world, according...
Painting a picture that is equally as worrying for social mobility, our findings show that just one in 10 disadvantaged pupils in England achieve top grades in GCSE maths — nearly half as many as the number of disadvantaged pupils in Singapore.
Education Secretary Kirsty Williams said: «The number achieving the highest grades is encouraging, we can be proud of our pupil's performance in maths and the progress when it comes to the Welsh Baccalaureate.
Although overall percentages remain the same in maths and science, then number of children achieving level 5 or higher increased — revealing an improvement among higher - achieving pupils.
Performance depends on intake — a school where there are a large number of previously low - achieving pupils is unlikely to be as high performing as a selective grammar school.
Astrea has been recognised by the Department for Education as being well placed to raise standards and achieve excellence for pupils in a growing number of schools nationwide.
The education watchdog's report is the latest warning about the number of «coasting» schools, often in prosperous areas, where schools might achieve respectable results, but fail to stretch pupils.
He added that there was a risk that pupils in areas with large numbers of selective places, more grammar schools would «reduce the results achieved by poorer children» on average.
Pupils obtaining a D grade have not been considered to have achieved a «good» GCSE, and schools have been measured according to the number of pupils clearing this threshold in five of their subjects, including English and Pupils obtaining a D grade have not been considered to have achieved a «good» GCSE, and schools have been measured according to the number of pupils clearing this threshold in five of their subjects, including English and pupils clearing this threshold in five of their subjects, including English and Maths.