Sentences with phrase «raise school attainment»

Deputy First Minister and education secretary John Swinney said: «The defining mission of this government is to raise school attainment and close the poverty - related gap, backed by # 750 million of investment over the lifetime of this Parliament.

A Birmingham council source said: «The performance of Birmingham in raising school attainment has recently been lauded despite the level of deprivation seen in the city.»

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In a report released earlier this year, the commons education committee also found «no convincing evidence of the impact of academy status on attainment in primary schools», adding that while «some chains such as Harris have proved very effective at raising attainment... others achieve worse outcomes than comparable mainstream schools».

«The expansion of the academies and Free Schools programme, regardless of any evidence to show that it is the solution to raising attainment in schools, is a wrong move and will lead to a two tier education Schools programme, regardless of any evidence to show that it is the solution to raising attainment in schools, is a wrong move and will lead to a two tier education schools, is a wrong move and will lead to a two tier education system.

They also found «no convincing evidence of the impact of academy status on attainment in primary schools», adding that while «some chains such as Harris have proved very effective at raising attainment... others achieve worse outcomes than comparable mainstream schools».

The use of «pupil interventions» to raise attainment among pupils who are struggling is increasingly being misused by schools to justify adding to teachers» workloads and working hours, the Conference, which is being held in Manchester, has heard.

While it said there was «unclear» evidence that free school lunches raised attainment, it pointed to its own research on free school breakfasts in disadvantaged schools delivering similar academic benefits to free school lunches, but «significantly improved» behaviour and concentration, and reduced absences.

These are designed to enhance and enrich the STEM curriculum, improve student motivation and attainment and raise the profile of the schools.

Indeed, in the face of recent findings by Education Policy institute, which found that 20 of the largest multi-academy trusts (MATs)-- running more than 300 schools — fall «significantly below» the national average for improving pupils» attainment, the importance of self - assessment not just within each school but right across the trust, is perhaps more important than ever before; and goes to the heart of addressing the issues raised in the all - party parliamentary group's (APPG) 21 questions http://www.nga.org.uk/News/NGA-News/Pre-2016/21Q.aspx

The IPPR highlights that educational inequality is not just an issue for satellite and coastal towns, with schools in major northern cities including Liverpool and Leeds struggling to raise the attainment gap.

«I would also encourage all schools to make full use of the PDG advisers and coordinators from the education consortia — they're there to help when it comes to making the best use of the funding and ensuring that we raise attainment across the board.»

For companies working with educational community organisations or schools to raise aspirations, promote continuous learning and improve educational attainment amongst adults and young people.

The schools that have been created as free schools are extremely diverse, but they are all underpinned by a belief that the best way to raise attainment for all children is by delivering high quality education within the state sector.

The New Schools Network (NSN) has raised doubts over the accuracy of Ofsted's judgements, after analysis found that a third of primaries given top ratings actually failed to meet the national average for Key Stage 2 attainment.

Ultimately, effective self - evaluation encompasses a range of decisions, objectives and outcomes, all of which contribute to the whole school's priorities and helps raise the attainment of students.

We are looking at the impact of raising high school students» test scores on their attainment and earnings, later in life.

Our study overcomes the limits of short - term analysis by asking: when schools face accountability pressure, do their efforts to raise test scores generate improvements in higher education attainment, earnings, and other long - term outcomes?

This raises the possibility that the measured effects of attending a charter high school on educational attainment could simply reflect advantages of grouping middle and high school grades together, thereby creating greater continuity for students and eliminating the disruption often associated with changing schools.

The researchers point out that this raises the possibility that the positive effects of attending a charter high school on educational attainment could simply reflect advantages of grouping middle and high school grades together, thereby creating greater continuity for students and eliminating the disruption often associated with changing schools.

Alfie Kohn, an outspoken advocate for taking homework out of schools, joined us for our talk on whether homework raises attainment.

Firefly can set homework, create resources, and track progress, and has been proven to raise attainment and help schools achieve their increasingly demanding targets.

They can enhance a school's profile and raise pupil attainment, and teachers can discover how this can be made possible in their school during select sessions throughout the show.

Conclusions This article has focused narrowly on how school trips and LOtC raise educational standards and attainment in schools and is by no means a comprehensive explanation of all supporting evidence.

There are also a whole series of very practical management benefits for school leaders, as they continue to raise attainment in a tight financial climate.

In one school, the programme consistently raised attainment, with Greenhouse Sports pupils outperforming their peers by a third of a grade in English and 40 per ceny of a grade in Maths.

According to the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA), more than 50 per cent of learning time in UK classrooms is now spent using technology.This is hugely encouraging, but with school budgets under intense pressure, it's imperative that tech's potential to address inequalities, reverse negative trends and raise educational attainment continues to be realised, and stud

Over time, it even has the potential to impact on bullying and negative playtime behaviour, and can support efforts to raise classroom attention, attainment and happiness at school.

Its digital learning platform, based upon the popular children's story, is successfully raising the attainment of primary school children by inspiring them to be creative through writing.

Back at school they can be further inspired as a result of these experiences and this should be used positively by teachers to raise attainment.

Increases in pupil premium (# 1,300 per pupil in 2014) now give schools more responsibilities and freedoms to use this funding to raise attainment and level the playing field for disadvantaged children.

Ian Pearson, general manager of the School Travel Forum, looks at the wealth of evidence showing that school trips and learning outside the classroom raises educational standards and attainment in schools, as well as benefiting pupils personally and soSchool Travel Forum, looks at the wealth of evidence showing that school trips and learning outside the classroom raises educational standards and attainment in schools, as well as benefiting pupils personally and soschool trips and learning outside the classroom raises educational standards and attainment in schools, as well as benefiting pupils personally and socially

They have consistently indicated that grammar schools are ineffective vehicles for social mobility or raising attainment.

The strong achievement gains estimated here for charter schools raise the question of whether charter attendance increases educational attainment as well as test scores.

«The Attainment Scotland Fund is already supporting schools in the most deprived areas to implement projects to raise literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing; the Innovation Fund will bring resources to more schools across Scotland and will complement this work.

«We are making funding fairer by consulting on proposals for a new national funding formula so that areas with the highest need attract the most funding and we are continuing the pupil premium — worth # 2.5 billion this year — giving schools significant extra funding to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils.»

The school will offer access to the highest quality education and aim to raise levels of attainment beyond that achieved by other schools in the city.

The EEF will deploy the extra money for a dedicated round seeking proposals from schools and others to find out what works in raising attainment during this critical and often difficult educational transition for many children.

We're looking very carefully at our admissions code, which has already changed to allocate places for pupil premium [additional funding for schools to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils] and other disadvantage indicators, and overcome the stigma from some families that grammar schools are not for them.»

The Bolton School Level 6 Mathematics Programme was originally set up to allow talented and ambitious Year 6 pupils from local state primary schools to gain access to specialist mathematics tuition in an attempt to raise attainment in their SATs examinations.

Malcolm Trobe, acting head of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: «It clearly shows that creating more selective schools will not raise overall educational standards in England and is likely to widen the attainment gap between rich and poor children.

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As such, by setting up the Level 6 Mathematics Programme, the school was able to give something back to the local community, raising the attainment of talented young pupils from a variety of backgrounds by enlisting the help of specialist maths teachers, whilst simultaneously raising the profile of the school.

The Pupil Premium Awards recognise schools that are using their pupil premium in innovative and effective ways and provide evidence of effective strategies to improve the achievement of disadvantaged pupils and show sustained improvement in raising their attainment.

Further to this, it is clear that schools, pupils and parents appreciate the extra support given by Bolton School in helping to raise attainment in a key area of the national curriculum.

The importance of location — with many parents expressing a strong perference to send their child to the school that is closest to them — does not support a market - driven approach to raising attainment standards (unless parents are already excercising choices through the housing market).

To raise attainment of pupils at the schools in the ISSP and extend the social and educational horizons of pupils at all the schools.

The programme was set up initially after the head teacher from St Peter's School in Farnworth approached Bolton School to ask for help in raising the attainment of a select number pupils in Year 6 who were preparing to take the Level 6 SATs paper.

«Our Social Mobility Action Plan set out measures to drive improvements in key skills including numeracy, targets areas that need the most support through our # 72 million Opportunity Areas programme and builds on the almost # 2.5 billion we provide each year to schools to help raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils.»

This has also allowed the programme to tap into the talent and expertise of the School's own young mathematicians: Sixth Form students who share their skills and enthusiasm to raise the attainment of children from other schools in the local community.

The Level 6 Mathematics Programme was originally set up to allow talented and ambitious Year 6 pupils from local state primary schools to gain access to specialist mathematics tuition in an attempt to raise attainment in their SATs examinations.