Sentences with phrase «pupils were at their largest»

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It does not accord with the scientific consensus or the very large body of established scientific evidence; nor does it accurately and consistently employ the scientific method, and as such it should not be presented to pupils at the Academy as a scientific theory.

The «attainment gap», categorised as the difference in performance at GCSE between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils, is the largest for Irish and white British teenagers, standing at 46 percentage points and 32 percentage points respectively.

Three miles away at East Barnet School, a large comprehensive, Head of Art Paul Chatterton feels it is important to regularly evaluate his pupils work.

This was one of the key findings from the large - scale Deployment and Impact of Support Staff (DISS) study, which looked at typical ways in which TAs were being used in UK schools, and the impact they were having on pupil attainment.

At the Awards ceremony, Ashden's Founder Director Sarah Butler - Sloss said: «We are delighted to see such a broad range of school winners — from a small rural primary school with just 97 pupils to a large further education college with over 14,000 students.

It takes a lot of courage for a grown adult to deliver a presentation to a large audience, let alone a child, but at the conference, although slightly nervous, pupils from all the schools were outstanding, speaking with confidence and proud of their ideas.

According to Joe Scaife, Chair of Kreston's Academies Group and a partner at Bishop Fleming, the UK's second largest accountants for Academy schools: «The latest survey reveals staff costs and pupil numbers are not being covered by government funding alone, meaning academies have to look for cost savings on top of those they have already achieved.

According to the Archdiocese of New York, average tuition in the city's Catholic schools, the city's largest private provider, was $ 1,728, which was 72 percent of the total per - pupil cost of $ 2,400 to educate a child at these schools.

Pupils from St Cyres, Erw» r Delyn, Ashgrove and Ysgol Maes Dyfan special schools come together at this complex; claimed to be the largest learning facility of its type in Wales.

Natalie Perera, executive director and head of research at the Education Policy Institute, said: «The biggest cause for concern is the huge gulf between England's top performing primary pupils, and those lagging behind at the bottom — one of the largest out of all developed countries.

Waddesdon Manor, in Buckinghamshire recently won the VisitEngland Best Large Attraction award and for secondary school pupils you can actually learn how it functions as a major tourist attraction looking at how visitors use the facilities, what promotional materials and techniques are used, and how the local community are employed.

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 Meals.

The attainment gap — the difference in performance at GCSE between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils — is largest for Irish and white British teenagers; the attainment gap for Irish pupils stands at 46 percentage points while for white British pupils it is 32 percentage points.

At 23.9 pupils in a class, according to the federal 2000 Schools and Staffing Survey, the state is tied for the second - largest class size in the nation.

Commenting after the debate on Motion 36, Kevin Courtney, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «School funding per pupil is falling at its fastest rate since the 1970s.

The last release of trust performance measures in January showed that more than half of established multi-academy trusts fell «significantly below» the average for pupil progress, and a host of the country's largest trusts are among the worst performers at secondary level.

For example, per - pupil spending for the district and local charter schools could both increase at 5 %, but 5 % of the district's per - pupil amount is far larger than 5 % of the charter school's rate, which was frozen and then modestly raised since 2010.

In general, unless otherwise exempt, the following three criteria must be met in order for non-classroom based charters to be guaranteed full funding levels: (1) at least 80 percent of total revenues must be spent on instruction or classroom support, (2) at least 50 percent of public revenues must be spent on certificated staff salaries and benefits, and (3) the pupil - teacher ratio must be equal to or lower than the pupil - teacher ratio in the largest unified school district in the county or counties in which the school operates or the school must maintain a minimum of 25:1 ratio.

But, a large number of «mathematics lessons» that pupils attend are not mathematics lessons at all.

8.4 % more students graduating from SSCs are enrolling in post-secondary programs as compared to students graduating from traditional large high schools, and per pupil costs at SSCs are 14 - 16 % less than large consolidated schools.

The government says this suggests that state - funded mainstream schools have been able to «accommodate large increases in EBacc entry rate without affecting the proportion of pupils entering at least one arts subject».

Povey said large amounts of money should be spent where pupils» futures were at risk, but warned it should not be withheld «until disaster struck».

They also seem likely to contribute to better Ofsted judgements, given that we know that - as of last year at least - that the inspectorate has not been noticing when large numbers of pupils leave a school part - way through their education.

For while Harris seems to have an extraordinary number of managers earning at least # 150,000 — ten, in the 2016 - 17 accounts — there is no evidence that such large financial benefits of pupil success are finding their way to classroom teachers.

By the end of fifth grade in France, the relative benefit to disadvantaged pupils who start at the amazingly early age of 2 rather than 4 is over one - half of a standard deviation, quite a large effect size.

However, pupil numbers are expected to grow by four per cent at primary level and 20 per cent at secondary by 2026, meaning a large number of additional teachers are needed, especially in EBacc subjects, which the government wants 90 per cent of pupils to study by 2025.

Further research is needed to arrive at a better understanding of these learning gains with a larger group of pupils.

At large schools, costs like the principal's salary are spread over a greater number of students, resulting in lower funding per pupil than at small schoolAt large schools, costs like the principal's salary are spread over a greater number of students, resulting in lower funding per pupil than at small schoolat small schools.

With the large amount of outdoor space we are lucky to have at Pool, I couldn't help but feel our pupils — and Teachers — were missing out on so many opportunities.

The decision by two teacher unions in 2010 to shun national primary tests at key stage 2 appears to be negatively impacting secondary schools that taught large numbers of pupils caught in the boycott.

California's public school system — whose per - pupil expenditures were already below the national average — is getting hit with some nasty cuts, thanks in large part to the state's $ 24 billion budget gap, says Brian Edwards, senior policy analyst at EdSource, a nonprofit education and research group in Mountain View, Calif..

Since glaucoma typically strikes one eye at a time, if you notice one pupil is larger than the other, you should suspect glaucoma.

Hi I'm really worried about my 22week old puppy, after her walk yesterday we noticed her left pupil was alot larger than the right one and she has blue eyes but the colour almost disappeared aswell, and it looked red and swollen, we thought she'd maybe got something in her eye as it did return back to normal after a short time, then the same thing happened twice again after her walks today, I took her to see a vet this afternoon at the time Bella was and looked perfectly fine, and she looked in her eyes with a torch said everything looked ok and that she didn't have any ideas and come back if I got a photo of the eye then charged # 40, but after googling the symptoms it seems it could be a number of things, im not very confident in going back to this vet, and im worried sick.