There remains, however, a big rump of schools which remain conventional local authority schools - particularly in
the primary phase of education, where the cash incentives to convert were much weaker.
Not exact matches
In regard to
primary and secondary
education, initiatives include imposing caps on class sizes; ensuring schools have the necessary support staff; funding full - day kindergarten and half - day junior kindergarten for vulnerable children; eliminating fees and fundraising for learning essentials, such as computers;
phasing out private schools and bringing charter schools under the jurisdiction
of school boards; and providing breakfast and lunch programs.
A more typical pattern among the top - performers is a required gateway exam, or an exam that allows a student to move on to the next
phase of education, at the end
of primary school, the end
of lower secondary school and the end
of upper secondary school.
Louise Johns - Shepherd, the chief executive
of the Centre for Literacy in
Primary Education, said equating ability grouping with the phonics
phases «has to be harmful for our very youngest children».
This Progress 8 data means that in every
phase of education —
primary, secondary and sixth form — free schools are outperforming all other types
of school.
«The need to attract more men into this critically important
phase of education can not be ignored,» said Sally Bates, head
of Wadsworth Fields
Primary School in Nottingham and a member
of the council.
The failure to fund a fourth
phase of the
Primary Health Care Research,
Education and Development (PHCRED) Strategy.