Sentences with phrase «putting school league tables»

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As stated by the government, it will put an end to schools aiming to maintain their league table status by simply putting their students through «non-academic» qualifications such as the intermediate GNVQ in ICT, which is measured to be the equivalent of four good GCSE passes, despite only requiring the teaching time of the maths GCSE.

Speaking at a conference in June, Ofsted's head Amanda Spielman warned too many schools in England put their league table results above pupil interests, with the pressure to boost exam grades overtaking important learning values.

Jess, Year 11: School league tables are a bad thing because it puts the high achieving schools first and the less advantaged schools find it hard to keep up with other more fortunate schools.

The proposals for alternative league tables, to be published on a free website, are being put forward by the Association of School and College Leaders, the National Association of Head Teachers and the United Learning group, which runs academies and independent schools.

Head teachers in England have put forward plans to publish their own school league tables this autumn.

There had been concerns that schools might have been encouraged to boost their league table ranking by putting in pupils early to «bank a C grade».