Sentences with phrase «of league tables»

Our goal is to lead the chosen team to the top of the league tables.

«Girls» schools feature heavily at the top of the league tables for independent schools and have done for decades,» she said.

In the UK the introduction of national testing for 7 -, 11 - and 14 - year - olds in the 1990s, and the increasing importance of league tables, has dramatically shifted schools» autonomy.

An overhaul of league tables to stop schools from using vocational exams to boost their GCSE - level scores, and to rank the proportion of pupils gaining the new baccalaureate - meaning they have obtained at least a C grade in maths, English, a language, a science subject and a humanities subject

Grades are awarded from A * to G. Schools are judged, for the purposes of league tables, on the proportion of pupils getting at least a grade C in five GCSEs including maths and English.

Neil Carmichael, who chairs the committee, said that while some trusts produced excellent results and made «a valuable contribution to our education system, a considerable number are failing to improve and are consistently at the bottom of league tables».

However, the Civitas think tank is warning that the EBacc could disadvantage the poorest students because the pressure of league tables could lead to schools discouraging students from taking non-compulsory subjects if they were not expected to get a C or above in them.

The naming and shaming that accompanied the publication of league tables led to more «effective» schools, says the Bristol University study.

However, the use of league tables in England is so crude and of such high stakes that it distorts the basic values and principles of education.

It's a sort of combination of the league tables and the ofsted reports.

Research carried out by Bristol University suggested the abolition of league tables in Wales in 2001 had led to a drop in standards in the lowest 75 % of schools.

«Having attended a school that was bottom of the league tables myself, I am a big supporter of initiatives that provide opportunities to students based on their ability rather than their background.»

Research carried out by Bristol University suggested the abolition of league tables in Wales had led to a drop in standards in the lowest 75 % of schools.

Teaching unions are opposed to the Sats tests and some boycotted them three years ago, saying that they forced teachers to «teach to the test», marking was unreliable and the results were too «high - stakes» because of the league tables.

The introduction of league tables and competition were intended to undermine traditional solidarities and to make teachers compete against each other.

The introduction of league tables and competition were intended to undermine traditional solidarities

Examples of such initiatives include the No Child Left Behind legislation in the United States, which required schools to demonstrate that they were making adequate yearly progress and provided escalating negative consequences for schools that were unable to do this; the creation and publication of league tables of «value - added» measures of school performance in England; proposals to introduce financial rewards for school improvement and performance pay tied to improved test results in Australia; and the encouragement of competition between schools under New Zealand's Tomorrow's Schools program.

Also commended within the Outstanding Academy Award was Merchants Academy in Bristol, which has come a long way in a short time since languishing at the bottom of the league tables when it was Withywood Community School.

More than 20 years of experience of league tables has shown that such tables misrepresent more than 40 per cent of secondary schools.

«A better starting point is to get users of the league tables to indicate before they see a league table what factors are important to them,» says Porter.

2014 must be the year when Wales stops expecting to find itself languishing at the bottom of the league tables and aims higher to reach its potential, Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats has argued.

We can get rid of SATs and we can get rid of league tables.»

This must not be undermined by continuing with the system of league tables and unnecessary floor targets which can lead to teaching to the test, resulting in all creativity being knocked out of schools.»

Both Porto and Zenit have been in fine form domestically and both currently sit top of their league tables.

And in one final perk, Citi investment bankers will get a bit of league table credit for advising on the sale.

Somehow, by covering up, I felt as though I was stepping out of the League Table of Female Attractiveness, and that this might be a good thing.

Top of the league table was the Eden Project in Cornwall, which scored 99 points out of a possible 150 for its freshly prepared and locally sourced food, while in last place were Brighton Pier and the Natural History Museum in London, the most popular visitor attraction in Britain, which both scored a paltry 22 points.

He was winning the Premier League player of the month regularly, scoring plenty of goals including some real crackers and the Gunners were almost always clear at the top of the league table.

They currently sit second bottom of the league table, although they're only a point adrift of safety.

The Sunderland striker has shown amazing consistency despite playing in a (very) poor side, and currently occupy the very bottom of the league table.

O'Neill is disappointed that the Premier League allowed Arsenal to bend the transfer rules to sign a player who could have a decisive role in determining the order of the upper reaches of the league table, and he could ask a club representative to voice their objections at a Premier League shareholders meeting tomorrow.

If Arsenal lose — will be at the bottom of the league table.

There is certainly more optimism around the club than there was at the last international break, when we had just been humbled by Liverpool and were languishing down towards the bottom of the league table.

Leicester City sit 3 points clear of Tottenham, and 6 above Arsenal at the top of the League table.

its going to be teams I bottom of the league table.

Further, they sit level with Barcelona at the top of the league table, although they have a game in hand on the Catalan giants and so the advantage is with them there too.

All four of these teams are near the bottom of the league table and in danger of relegation.

Really we should already be comfortably in the top four of the league table, but there is every chance that we will be after these four games.

Despite the three wins and a draw that has seen the Gunners climb back up towards the right end of the league table, going above our early tormentors Liverpool and level with Chelsea on points, Arsenal are still some way behind the pace setters from Manchester.

Well wenger you should take notice of the league table from the first game because every game we loose that's yet another freeking 3 points we lose to the likes Chelsea man.c etc..

Arsenal may have drawn a blank for the second home game in a row, leaving us languishing at around the halfway point of the league table, but there are some positives to be taken.

After a great win that puts Arsenal on top of the League table at last, Arsene Wenger had nothing but praise for the team.

Two would go through on their overall record, and two more would qualify on the basis of the league table for each round of fixtures.

Arsenal get back to Premier League action this weekend, but as our game against AFC Bournemouth is due to be played on Sunday and the way that the other weekend fixtures are set then we could be six points off the top of the league table when we kick off at the Emirates Stadium.

And hopefully we will go into that game on top of the league table.

Arsenal have managed to get to the top of the League table at the halfway point in the campaign and it seems that Thierry Henry has finally become convinced that the Gunners really can win the title with Olivier Giroud as their main striker, after famously stating during the summer that it was impossible.

@ADMIN Can you please do something about the formatting of the league table to my right?

Into March, Leicester City held a 5 - point advantage over Tottenham and 11 - point lead over Arsenal at the top of the league table.

Arsenal is on top of the league table after 13 games with 31 points.

They are also at the bottom of the league table with only 2 points from 2 drawn matches after 9 round of the EPL 2016 - 17 season.