Sentences with phrase «pupil achieves high grades»

The study, «GCSEs, A levels and apprenticeships: their economic value», found that having 5 A * to C grade GCSEs adds an average # 60,000 to an individual's lifetime productivity, particularly if the pupil achieves high grades in English and maths.

«This is likely to mean that the percentage of pupils achieving higher grades as a percentage of the total, will be lower.»

Not exact matches

Pupils expected to achieve grades A to D take the higher tier and can achieve any grade; pupils taking the foundation tier can only achieve grade C or Pupils expected to achieve grades A to D take the higher tier and can achieve any grade; pupils taking the foundation tier can only achieve grade C or pupils taking the foundation tier can only achieve grade C or below.

Has been taught to both AQA GCSE and BTEC students and has been successful in achieving high grades for pupils in both exam boards.

Analysis published by Durham University has found general studies to be the subject in which pupils were least likely to achieve high grades.

Whilst a higher proportion of secondary schools are outstanding (113 schools achieved Ofsted's highest grade in the last year alone), more than 170,000 pupils are now in secondary schools rated inadequate - an increase of around 70,000 from two years ago.

75.2 per cent of all exams were graded at B or higher and the percentage of pupils achieving ABB, the benchmark for many top University places, remained stable at 55.5 per cent.

Nick Gibb asserted that: «Music shouldn't be the preserve of those who can afford it», mentioning that in 2009, 18.6 per cent of pupils who achieved an A grade for music A-level went to Oxbridge, with only five subjects achieving a higher progression rate.

Stripp highlighted that to achieve a grade four in the new higher tier maths GCSE paper this year, pupils only needed to score around 20 per cent of the total marks.

The report found interviewees from schools with negative Progress 8 scores felt that pupils» best — rather than their first — assessment entry should be counted, to reflect those who achieve higher grades in resits, for example.

That means every pupil at the school achieved, on average, a grade higher than an average pupil in other schools with the same prior attainment.

Association of School and College Leaders acting general secretary Malcolm Trobe agreed that predictive grades were often higher than the ones pupils achieved.

Education Secretary Kirsty Williams said: «The number achieving the highest grades is encouraging, we can be proud of our pupil's performance in maths and the progress when it comes to the Welsh Baccalaureate.

This will aim to bring all pupils up to at least a C grade at GCSE, but for pupils who can not achieve this the government is proposing «high - quality alternatives», which will be identified after a consultation.

They said fewer pupils took A-level German and French because higher grades were harder to achieve than in other subjects.

A Harris spokesperson said that while Harris Boys» Academy in south London had a high proportion of pupils receiving the pupil premium they still entered students for «aspirational» academic qualifications, foregoing the higher grades that could be achieved by using alternative qualifications.

The highest grade - to be described as a grade nine - will be awarded to only half the pupils now achieving an A *, according to Ofqual's proposals.