Sentences with phrase «pupils at the free school»

Many of the pupils at the Free School have participated in the scheme and the charity's founder, Dr Tony Sewell, is also Chair of Governors at STEM Academy.

Not exact matches

As early as World War II, the political leaders of the Free French forces had known that France would have to face up to the question of whether it was going to allow the decline of a system of schools preferred by the parents of one - sixth of all French pupils, or whether it was going to accept the hazards of open political discussion aimed at developing a new and creative solution.

«We have been working to increase the amount of fruit and vegetables pupils eat while at school and hope the Meat Free Monday campaign contributes to our whole school approach to healthy eating and healthy lifestyles,» Ross added.

Pupils of all age ranges in about 40 schools across New York have already joined Meatless Monday, including public (state - run), private and charter schools, and the Brooklyn announcement was made at a school that serves only meat free meals — every day of the week.

This autumn pupils at a Berlin school had a week of lessons about veganism, while many other schools across Britain are already part of a growing movement to add Meat Free Monday to the culinary syllabus.

Pupils at 15 of Brooklyn's schools will be launching a trial of MFM's sister campaign in the states, Meatless Monday, in the spring, meaning all canteen food will be meat free at breakfast and lunch.

Schools that book trips to The Varsity Match for 20 or more pupils will be entered into a free prize draw to win one of four special coaching clinics at the stadium in - between the women's and men's Varsity Matches on Thursday 6 December 2018.

Roughly 45 percent of pupils at this northwest suburban elementary school hail from low - income families and are eligible for a free lunch.

Nearly 750 pupils signed up for free or reduced - price meals, the district reported, and now the district serves an average of only two alternate lunches a day at each of the system's 87 schools.

The Department for Education is inviting tenders to the value of # 17.4 million for services to support school readiness to provide school lunches to all infant pupils in England from September 2014 (# 9.6 m); to kick start increased take up in at least 2000 junior and secondary schools where take - up of school lunches is low (# 4.8 m); and to set up breakfast clubs in at least 500 schools where over 35 % of pupils are eligible for free school meals and there is no existing breakfast provision (# 3m).

Here at Brighton & Hove, we have a plan in place to ensure high pupil premium registration alongside universal infant free school meals.

a)-- now requires «faith» Free Schools to conform to schedule 19 paragraph 4 of the Schools Standards and Framework Act, which means that parents of pupils at these schools can request to that their children be taught the locally agreed RE syllabus, instead of a confessional syllabus, as is the case for parents of pupils at VA schools — another welcome Schools to conform to schedule 19 paragraph 4 of the Schools Standards and Framework Act, which means that parents of pupils at these schools can request to that their children be taught the locally agreed RE syllabus, instead of a confessional syllabus, as is the case for parents of pupils at VA schools — another welcome Schools Standards and Framework Act, which means that parents of pupils at these schools can request to that their children be taught the locally agreed RE syllabus, instead of a confessional syllabus, as is the case for parents of pupils at VA schools — another welcome schools can request to that their children be taught the locally agreed RE syllabus, instead of a confessional syllabus, as is the case for parents of pupils at VA schools — another welcome schools — another welcome change.

Free school meals are to be extended to all infant pupils in England at a cost of # 600million a year.

In a Holyrood debate this afternoon, Alex Salmond, the Scottish First Minister, has tabled a motion recognising «that free school meals help tackle child poverty and promote child welfare and educational attainment; further recognises that free school meals save families at least # 330 per child per year; confirms its commitment to increasing the number of primary school pupils eligible for free school meals».

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Thornberry was appearing on The Andrew Marr Show following Labour's recent announcement that it plans to give all primary school pupils free meals at lunchtime.

At present schools can receive # 488 for each pupil who is eligible for free school meals, under a measure introduced by the coalition government last year.

The interviews given by leading Lib Dem MPs over the weekend suggest that their narrative at the next election will go something like this: «We have protected the poorest and most deserving by raising the personal tax allowance, providing the biggest ever increase in the state pension, and giving schools a «pupil premium» - more money for every child on free school meals.

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Appallingly, this year just 176 pupils on free school meals got three As at A-level.

The money will give pupils a range of cultural opportunities including training at the Royal Ballet School in London, film - making classes at the BFI Film Academy and free opportunities to study art and design at their local college or university; and visits to museums and galleries, using quality resources to support their classroom teaching.

According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), Labour's plan to provide every child with free school meals would come at a «significant cost» and might not improve pupil outcomes.

The breakfast clubs also significantly improved behaviour and concentration, and reduced absences — and did so at around one - tenth of the cost per pupil of universal free school meals.

Morgan said: «Free schools are at the heart of the government's commitment to deliver real social justice by ensuring all pupils have access to a world class education.

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.

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She said: «Teachers and heads in the thousands of existing state schools in the UK which are facing real - terms cuts in funding for their pupils will be dismayed to see the Chancellor throwing more money at free schools and grammar schools.

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In a pilot scheme where every child at primary schools in Newham and Durham was offered a free meal, they were more likely to eat a better diet at school, do significantly better in class — with an average of two months more progress by pupils at key stages 1 and 2 — and be less fussy about what they ate at home.

Information collected in the January 2016 school census showed that 14.5 per cent of pupils at state primaries receive free school meals, compared to around 18 per cent in 2013.

Greening will look at specifically providing sanitary items for pupils who receive free school meals.

In Philadelphia, for example, revenue per pupil (in constant dollars) dropped from more than $ 15,400 at the height of the stimulus package to just $ 13,660 in 2013, a free fall of 12 percent, which forced deficit financing, personnel cuts, and shortened school years (see «The Philadelphia School District's Ongoing Financial Crisis,» features, Fall school years (see «The Philadelphia School District's Ongoing Financial Crisis,» features, Fall School District's Ongoing Financial Crisis,» features, Fall 2014).

Children on free school meals achieve almost half a GCSE grade less in Attainment 8 core subjects than more affluent pupils, according to the report, and 88 per cent of this gap is believed to be due to differences between pupils at the same school.

(But it has proven more challenging at the primary level, where England has some 11,000 schools enrolling fewer than 250 pupils each, without the organizational or financial wherewithal to succeed as free - standing organizations — though the government is devising schemes for getting them to share services and pool resources.)

A free copy of the GL Assessment report Pupil Attitudes to Self and School is available at http://bit.ly/pupilattitudes

The EPI's analysis used data from from inspections that took place from 2005/06 to 2014/15 and found that secondary schools with up to five per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) are over three times as likely to be rated «outstanding» as schools with at least 23 per cent FSM (48 per cent compared with 14 per cent).

GCSE results, including for pupils eligible for free school meals and those with special educational needs, improved at a faster rate in 2009 - 2011 compared with the results in similar schools.

Research by the Sutton Trust in 2014 showed that pupils eligible for free school meals who scored in the top 10 per cent nationally at the end of primary school were significantly less likely to be entered for the EBacc, compared to their wealthier peers who achieved the same level aged 11.

GCSE results, including for pupils eligible for free school meals and those with special educational needs, improved at a faster rate 2009 - 2011 compared with the results in similar schools.

owadays, school is free for all children from kindergarten to Secondary Level and pupil participation at Basic Level has shown increases since 1990.

Only 21 % of the 93.5 % of students in the UK not at private school receive tuition, and within these students are the staggeringly large 15 % of secondary school pupils in the UK who are eligible for Free School school receive tuition, and within these students are the staggeringly large 15 % of secondary school pupils in the UK who are eligible for Free School school pupils in the UK who are eligible for Free School School Meals.

Richmond Hill, led by Head Teacher Nathan Atkinson, joined forces with the Real Junk Food Project to provide free breakfasts to all 600 pupils at the primary school and found that this had a positive effect on their behaviour, concentration and attainment.

The attainment gaps between pupils eligible for free school meals and their classmates are not only wider at Key Stages 2 and 4 than those found nationally, but they widen as pupils move through their secondary education.»

Nowadays, school is free for all children from kindergarten to Secondary Level and pupil participation at Basic Level has shown increases since 1990.

The Country Trust raises funds to ensure that farm visits are offered at no charge to schools with a higher than average percentage of children eligible for Free School Meals (and therefore Pupil Premium).

Senior Labour MP Lucy Powell published figures showing the capital had the biggest gap between the number of pupils at grammars eligible for free school meals compared with the figure for the broader school population.

To look at this difference more closely, additional, separate analyses were conducted on pupils eligible for free school meals and their peers.

Just 2.3 per cent of pupils at grammars in London, or 344 out of 14,724, were on free school meals as of this January, according to official figures.

One future step may be to try and develop the intervention into a more structured programme targeted specifically at low achieving pupils and pupils eligible for free school meals.