Sentences with phrase «pupils get better grades»

Wilshaw suggested that the system needed close monitoring, because when boards compete for business they could be tempted to make tests easier to help pupils get better grades.

So, proportionately fewer pupils got the best grades.

Not exact matches

«800,000 more pupils are in good or outstanding schools and thousands more are getting solid GCSE grades — a testament to the hard work of schools and teachers.

When a school screens applicants for academic talent, it ends up with pupils who perform well on tests, earn high grades, and get into competitive colleges.

Pupils who did not get good grades in the Sats tests taken by 11 - year - olds in primary school would have to retake a test during their first year after moving up to secondary school.

In particular, more disadvantaged pupils are getting good grades in English and Maths, and more are sitting and achieving the English Baccalaureate.

«Everyone in our schools works incredibly hard, and that hard work means more pupils in Norfolk and Suffolk getting good grades and a better start in life.

Teresa Tinsley, report co-author, said: «Languages are already one of the harder GCSEs and teachers fear that with the new exams it will be even tougher for pupils to get a good grade.

And changes to the proportion of pupils expected to get a «good pass» in English and maths under the change to a 1 - 9 grading system next year could make the situation worse.

Yet figures show that GCSEs in English and maths are not set to pick up over the coming years, with one in four pupils currently gaining a C grade — a «good pass» — expected to get a 5 grade next year, which slips under the gold standard.

Mark Lehain told me he was «very confident» that he would get the pupils the best GCSE grades they could.

Only the first entry is now counted, so if a pupil re-takes an exam the following year and gets a better grade this will not show in school league table results.

Under that measure, Hethersett Academy students were well above the national average for progress chalking up a score of +0.89 - meaning pupils on average got close to a grade higher because they attended the academy.

And the government is said to be planning to scrap the traditional benchmark on which secondary schools in England are measured - the number of pupils getting five good GCSEs (grades A * to C), including maths and English.

«In these areas, fewer than half of all pupils get 5 good GCSE grades A * to C, including English and Maths, and they do not make the progress you would expect of pupils.

Critics of the existing system point to the year - on - year rises in the numbers of pupils achieving top grades as a sign that GCSEs have become easier, but supporters say teenagers are working harder than ever and teachers are getting better at preparing them for exams.

It says they are a «damaging trend», not in the best interests of pupils and driven by the league tables, where schools are measured on how many pupils get at least a C grade in English and maths.

Under the changes in England, only pupils» first attempts will count towards league tables which rank schools according to how many pupils get good GCSE grades.