Sentences with phrase «of ethnic minority pupils»

The upward trend in the number of ethnic minority pupils has continued - with 31.4 % of primary pupils defined as being from ethnic minorities, up from 30.4 % last year.

Schools are described as segregated if the proportion of ethnic minority pupils or students on free school meals is different to the proportion of pupils from the 10 nearest schools in the area

In secondary schools the proportion of ethnic minority pupils has risen to 27.9 per cent, from 26.6 per cent last year.

Not exact matches

«According to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request carried out in March 2011 by the NUT and National Association of Language Development in the Curriculum (NALDIC) almost a third (29.3 per cent) of Local Authorities in England are not holding back the EMAG grant to meet the specific educational needs of minority ethnic pupils.

«The Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant helps support the learning needs of some of the most vulnerable children in our schools yet the per - pupil value of the grants has been frozen in cash terms.

Half of headteachers said the pressure on schools to provide help to ethnic minority pupils has increased in the last year and 65 % stated that current resources were insufficient to meet this need.

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.»

The report shows that Catholic schools in England and Wales recruit disproportionate numbers of both economically deprived and ethnic minority pupils.

In an area where the majority of pupils come from ethnic minority backgrounds, the school will provide 750 students with the opportunity to excel academically, and gain skills and experiences needed to make informed choices about their future.

The Catholic Education Service rejected the suggestion that their schools were socially exclusive: «Catholic schools in England have higher proportions of pupils from ethnic minority backgrounds with 33.5 % of pupils in Catholic primary schools from ethnic minority backgrounds compared with 27.6 % nationally.»

A revolution is under way in the teaching of computer science in schools in England - but it risks leaving girls and pupils from poorer backgrounds and ethnic minorities behind.

However, one inescapable — and deeply uncomfortable truth underlying these latest figures is that certain groups of pupils continue to more likely to be excluded than others: boys; pupils with SEN; pupils who are eligible for Free School Meals; and pupils from certain minority ethnic backgrounds.