Sentences with phrase «pressure on schools»

The increase has put pressure on school places, with pupil numbers having risen for seven successive years.

The number of pupils attending secondary school is expected to rise by 20 per cent over the next ten years, putting added pressure on school places.

But what parents can do is to write to their MPs expressing concern about the increased pressure on school budgets and ask for all schools to be funded adequately and fairly.

With increasing pressure on schools to track student progression and varying access to work experience or careers information, advice and guidance, the relationships between schools and businesses are key.

But critics say the switch could ease pressure on school districts to prepare poor and minority students for college.

Competition for student enrollment provides exactly this type of pressure on schools.

Whereas districts had previously avoided cutting instructional expenditure, in 2011 and 2012 instructional spending fell sharply as pressures on school funding increased.

The report suggested that «There are likely to be some significant cost pressures on schools» spending over the next parliament.

Talk with other parents and get them to put pressure on the school as well.

And those demands have been expanding as changing media and greater access to information - on - demand places more pressure on schools to be open, responsive and transparent.

But although the organisation said the «tighter» than expected 1 per cent pay settlement will «ease pressure on school costs», it could affect teacher recruitment and retention.

First, the mandate puts significant pressure on schools to teach subjects at the same time and in a similar manner.

With growing pressure on school places due to rising pupil numbers, 3.4 % of home - educating parents say they could not get their child into a preferred school.

That, of course, will further relieve pressure on school budgets.

We're very concerned, the existing [pension contribution] increase has already put enormous pressure on schools and directly goes on to pay roll costs.

This increased competitive pressures on schools, because losing students meant losing money.

The immense pressure on school budgets resulting from the current funding crisis means that it is imperative that new funding is available to all schools to fund these increases.

The unprecedented and continued pressure on school budgets over recent years is now having a real and lasting damaging impact on the quality of our children's education.

In recent decades, state and federal mandates have added incredible pressure on our schools.

The law thus established a nationwide test of public school choice as a means of both providing better opportunities for individual kids and creating pressure on schools that are performing poorly.

There is already a shortage of homes, pressure on school class sizes and long waiting times for treatment in the NHS.

Of course, there are many pressures on school budgets, with priorities shifting as financial circumstances and development plans change.

There is heightened pressure on school districts and teachers to raise test scores and promote learning.

Moreover, most projections suggest that general fiscal pressures on schools are likely to last for some time.

Speaking to parents there this week, everyone knows pressure on schools generally has been mounting.

But experts say upward pressure on school budgets from growing pupil numbers and pay demands will mean a growing strain on resources.

With growing pressure on school places due to rising pupil numbers, 3.4 % of home - educating parents say they could not get their child into a preferred school.

This regimen puts enormous pressure on schools to ignore or exclude other important subjects (art, music, history, even science).

Is the decline in new teachers putting pressure on schools as they hire staff?

Over the next three years, it publicly announced every sexual assault investigation against a college from the outset in order to increase pressure on schools to settle.

The figures look only at the new funding formula and do not take account of other costs and pressures on school budgets, such as inflation.

London Grid for Learning (LGfL) has been accused of blocking emails to schools from broadband competitors and putting unnecessary pressure on schools to quickly renew contracts.

Shelter life can put additional pressure on school - aged children who find themselves having to cope with insufficient space to complete assignments, long commutes to school every morning and the constant stigma of being homeless.

This will address small scale maintenance costs, alleviating pressures on school budgets.

A perfect storm of greater demand for teachers, fewer people entering the profession (particularly in key subjects), severe pressures on schools funding and a restrictive migration system, means that schools are having to think outside of the normal channels of recruitment to more flexible staffing models to cope with these challenges.

Vikas Pota, chief executive of the Varkey Foundation, said that despite pressure on school budgets it is «heartening to see that parents are among the most confident in the world about the quality of teaching in their child's school».

When asked which one factor was causing the greatest financial pressure on schools, «additional needs of some children» was the kay factor cited by 28 per cent of respondents.

«I appreciate there are cost pressures on schools at the moment, but it is not impossible,» Milton told MPs.

«The Charter School Act is an unconstitutional law that impedes the state's progress toward fully funding public education and places even greater pressure on school districts to fill this gap,» the coalition's letter said.

In this study, we present the first evidence of how accountability pressure on schools influences students» long - term outcomes.

The letter said: «In July officials in your department started exerting pressure on the school to accept a takeover by Bright Tribe.

«The country will soon start to feel the full weight of the impending boom in pupil numbers and we're already seeing unprecedented pressure on school places.

«What we really need is for them [the city commission] to put political pressure on the School Board... to make change.»

The NFER's report found that although RSCs were not responsible for school place planning, the increasing pressure on school capacity provided «an important backdrop to their role», and was «likely to exacerbate their challenges».

«Everybody knows there's real pressure on school places at the moment, and the secretary of state for education knows better than most.

Not just pressures on schools, housing and healthcare, though those have been serious, but social pressures, too.»

This year, New York approved the first - ever free tuition program at the state's public colleges, putting even more pressure on schools like Saint Rose to compete for a declining pool of college - age students.

He said those tenants that need to move to cheaper accommodation in the suburbs will not put undue pressure on school places, pointing out that there are 50,500 surplus places in London in primary schools and 31,000 in secondary schools.

In the wake of recession - era budget cuts and increased pressure on school performance, field trips at some schools consist of a webcam, projection screen and Internet connection instead of permission slips, brown - bag lunches and school buses.