Sentences with phrase «of grammar school»

Once again, if the reason for the LLB to JD switch is to ensure that employer recognize that the JD holder isn't some snot - nose kid just out of the equivalent of grammar school but (generally) has some prior academic standing (even if it is in sheep - dip marketing from Woolabunga U), why demand the right to be called «Doctor Fawlty»?

Nor have grammar schools ever been a vehicle for social mobility — even in their heyday in the 1950s and 1960s a pitiful 0.3 % of grammar school pupils with two A-levels were from the skilled working class.

In the same period, 77.3 per cent of grammar school pupils were entered for all components in the English baccalaureate, compared to 38.2 per cent of comprehensive pupils.

Of those entered for the EBacc, 69.7 per cent of grammar school pupils achieved the measure, compared to just 23.1 per cent of those at comprehensives.

Ofsted has rated 99 % of grammar school places good or better, and 82 % outstanding.

Although 96.7 per cent of grammar school pupils achieve five A * to C GCSEs against a national average of 57 per cent, the EPI says this is not evidence of better grammar school performance, but is in fact likely to be driven by the high prior attainment and demographic of pupils at selective schools.

It found only 2.7 % of grammar school entrants were from families who qualified for free school meals, while 12.7 % came from outside England's state sector - mainly independent schools.

Many parents rely on private tutors to boost their child's chance of a grammar school place, suggests a small poll.

He said the reason that this coaching industry had come about was because of the «paucity of grammar school places in England».

Nor have grammar schools ever been a vehicle for social mobility even in their heyday in the 1950s and 60s a pitiful 0.3 per cent of grammar school pupils with two «A» levels were from the skilled working class.

She tells BBC Radio 4's The World at One that she is in favour of more grammar schools saying they «are a welcome addition to the choice on offer to parents» and that they will be «a 21st century model of grammar school».

Nationally, some 20 % of grammar school pupils come from outside the local authority of the school.

They found that about 2 % of grammar school pupils were from low income families - on free school meals - compared with 12 % of pupils at non-grammar schools.

(1) Furthermore, the attainment of grammar school pupils comes at the expense of those who don't pass their 11 - plus, with pupil attainment at secondary moderns in areas with a selective education system lower than that of their counterparts in comprehensive schools.

«This is the opportunity to deal with the under - provision side of grammar school places and build a four - form entry - 120 places per year group - school in Sevenoaks,» he said.

Looking at deprivation levels within a 5 km (three - mile) distance of a grammar school can reveal how closely the school matches its locality.

The brief starts with a review of grammar school evidence then explores the questions: do grammar schools facilitate social mobility and does the education system as a whole benefit?

Sir Peter Lampl, founder of the Sutton Trust, backed the calls for the government to show evidence that new grammars could close the attainment gap - when less than 3 % of grammar school entrants are eligible for free school meals.

Ethnic background also affects rates of grammar school entry.

High proportions of grammar school pupils come from the independent primary school sector, roughly double the rate you would expect.

Research author and associate director at EPI, Jo Hutchinson, said the decline in the benefits of grammar school education would be seen most in areas with more selection.

Barry Sindall, chief executive of the Grammar School Heads Association, quoted from a 2008 Sutton Trust study which suggested that the social make - up of grammar schools was often more diverse than that of the top 100 comprehensives where entrance is decided on proximity to the school, pushing up house prices and excluding poorer families.

By the end of grammar school, low - income students had fallen nearly three grade levels behind, and summer was the biggest culprit.

The school is due to open in September 2017, after a long campaign by supporters of a grammar school to get the backing of ministers, which has already seen proposals rejected.

Barry Sindall, chairman of the Grammar School Heads Association, made a similar assertion that one way to tackle the growing shortage of markers would be for head teachers to encourage their staff to become markers.

This is despite research from the Sutton Trust that found that in selective areas on average 18 per cent of pupils are entitled to free school meals - an important indicator of social deprivation - but make up only three per cent of grammar school entrants.

The ban was introduced by Tony Blair's Labour government in 1998, but the Sunday Telegraph reported that Prime Minister Theresa May planned to launch a new generation of grammar school by scrapping the ban.

Only 2.5 per cent of grammar school pupils are eligible for FSM, compared to 13.2 per cent in all schools and the EPI found that grammar schools attract a larger number of high attaining non-FSM pupils from other areas, meaning there is a disproportionately large number of high attaining, non-disadvantaged children.

However, when releasing the data, Nick Gibb, the school's minister, noted that the «vast majority» of the grammar school - sponsored institutions included in the data «were previously underperforming».

These grammar schools have faced criticism for their intake of poorer pupils, with just three per cent of grammar school pupils receiving free school meals, compared to 15 per cent in comprehensives.

Now this is a little bit hard to prove, but I mean he would've already had his first year of grammar school under his belt, he was learning or beginning to learn Greek and Latin, you know, learning passages from the Bible.

About one hundred Tory MPs turned out - one - third of the parliamentary party - to mix with representatives of the grammar school system and also the Education Secretary, Michael Gove.

He was principal of a grammar school at North Germantown and was employed in the finance bureau of the New York State Department of Public Instruction from 1898 to 1904.

That being the case, isn't it only right and proper that the national audience know where smaller parties like my party stand on the issues of national defence, on the issue of the union, on the issue of grammar school education, on issues of healthcare, taxation, the cost of living and defence spending?

He called the demise of the grammar school a «failed revolution» which had «handicapped the intellectual capacity of the country».

This is now the era of grammar school boys and girls.

These are sometimes regarded as the successors of the Roman rhetoric schools and as the precursors of grammar schools.

«There is no question of government making any decisions centrally over the future of grammar schools.

There are a number of old Tory favourites in their (current) policy - mix which the old party has dropped, notably the promotion of grammar schools, although it has to be said that Nigel Farage keeps pretty quiet about issues of sexual morality.

Other UKIP policies are also suggestive of an ultra-conservative agenda rather than a liberal one, including the promotion of grammar schools and tougher sentences for prisoners.

Ed rather misses out that his father was a leading left winger in Norfolk Labour politics and passionately campaigned for the abolition of grammar schools.

The return of grammar schools, a likely new policy announcement in May's first party conference speech as Prime Minister, would be a very big leap back to the past.

The introduction of grammar schools, reducing other schools to the equivalent of secondary moderns, is an example of a tumultuous and contentious policy change that requires the verdict of the voters first.

She has held on to the position despite differences with Theresa May over the Prime Minister's flagship policy to expand the number of grammar schools in England.

He said the privileged education of Mr Cameron and his inner - circle had made them overlook the benefits of grammar schools.

The scheme's critics argued that Specialist Schools encouraged segregation in education, insofar as the middle class parents who were long best placed to ensure favourable outcomes from school admissions regimes of grammar schools would continue to be able to get their children into the better schools, at the expense of those from poorer and socially excluded backgrounds.

Many on the left condemned them as so complex and demanding as to put most people off making use of them, while supporters of grammar schools attacked the Government's apparent desire to destroy successful schools that were insignificant in number.

«We are aware that neither the grammar schools ballots legislation, nor the provisions that allow governing bodies of grammar schools to bring forward proposals to remove selection, apply directly to academies, but we will ensure we mirror the current situation, within the funding agreement, for maintained grammar schools which have converted to become academies.»

The majority of grammar schools teach pupils aged between 11 and 18, having integrated «sixth forms» that teach A Levels and equivalent post-16 courses.

However, the new Labour government's School Standards and Framework Act 1998 made provisions for local ballots on the future of grammar schools.