Sentences with phrase «pupil from poorer backgrounds»

Faith schools, however, insist they tend to take a higher proportion of pupils from poor backgrounds.

She said there were already small signs of improvement for pupils from the poorest backgrounds.

The government hopes its «pupil premium» will encourage schools to take pupils from poorer backgrounds.

He said he wanted spending on pupils from poor backgrounds equal to that in private schools and he would also cut taxes for low - income families if he came to power.

But the difference was most stark when comparing high achieving GCSE pupils from poor backgrounds and low achieving pupils from wealthy backgrounds.

In particular they have failed huge amounts of pupils from poorer backgrounds.

Kent councillors want grammar schools to take more pupils from poorer backgrounds at the expense of children from outside the county

There was, however, a decline in the number of pupils taking core subjects such as geography and history and modern languages, and a marked rise in the number of non - academic / vocational qualifications being taken, particularly by pupils from the poorest backgrounds or those attending schools in disadvantaged areas.

«In fact, if it wasn't for the Welsh Lib Dem Pupil Premium helping close the attainment gap between pupils from poorer backgrounds and their peers, this Labour Government would have hardly anything positive to say about education at all.

The same analysis also found that pupils from poorer backgrounds who performed just as well as their more well off peers were still less likely to attend grammars, with 66 per cent of children who achieve level five in both English and Maths at Key Stage 2 who are not eligible for free school meals going to a grammar school compared with 40 per cent of similarly high achieving children who are eligible for free school meals.

The IFS claims that spending in England has become increasingly targeted at schools with pupils from poorer backgrounds over the last 20 years.

Taking into account the fact that the average faith school admits fewer pupils from poor backgrounds than the average non faith school, the EPI concluded that increasing the numbers of faith schools «would come at the price of increased social segregation».

Two multimillion - pound government schemes aimed at widening access to the most prestigious drama, dance and music schools have been criticised for not reaching enough pupils from the poorest backgrounds.

In a report out on Tuesday, Estyn - the inspectorate of education and training in Wales - says pupils from poorer backgrounds have difficulties not faced by others.

«There is a marked difference in the proportion of pupils from poorer backgrounds attending the top 500 comprehensives compared to the national average when based on the 5A * - C English and maths measure, with FSM rates just over half of the national average in comprehensive schools,» the report says.

And Department for Education statistics show pupils from poorer backgrounds are more likely to be lagging in their learning, literacy and numeracy levels.

Bright graduates will mentor potentially high - achieving pupils from poor backgrounds to apply for places at the UK's top universities, the government has announced.

«A real danger of the Government's National Funding Formula proposals is that they will reduce or remove vital support for pupils from poorer backgrounds and those from families which are just about managing.

But both Theresa May and Justine Greening, the education secretary, have claimed they do not want to see a return to the «binary system» of grammar schools and secondary moderns of the 1950s, and have unveiled plans to force selective schools to take more pupils from poorer backgrounds.

Labour MP Lucy Powell has criticised London's grammar schools for educating a «shamefully low» number of pupils from poor backgrounds.

The coalition government ushered in its flagship pupil premium policy in April 2011 with a # 625 million war - chest to «provide a real incentive for good schools to take pupils from poorer backgrounds».

The Chief Inspector of Ofsted has said grammar schools are not improving social mobility for pupils from poorer backgrounds.

What's more, pupils from poorer backgrounds are more likely to be lagging in their learning, literacy and numeracy levels, the figures suggest.

Grammar schools in the capital were today accused of having a «shamefully low» number of pupils from poor backgrounds.

Northern Ireland's 66 grammar schools tend not to prioritise pupils on free school meals, but they are more socially inclusive anyway, with a higher proportion of pupils from poorer backgrounds.

Grammar schools in Kent have been criticised for having low numbers of pupils from poorer backgrounds.

In a recent speech, Education Minister, Huw Lewis said he wanted more focus on the challenge of pupils from poorer backgrounds.

Catholic schools are the most disproportionately ethnically diverse in the country, educate more pupils from the poorest backgrounds than the national average and, according to Ofsted, are much more likely to make a good or outstanding contribution to their local communities.

A revolution is under way in the teaching of computer science in schools in England - but it risks leaving girls and pupils from poorer backgrounds and ethnic minorities behind.