Sentences with phrase «reduced numbers of pupils»

Education secretary Kirsty Williams has announced new rules to reduce the number of pupils being entered too early for exams in Wales.

In order to support pupils travelling to the college and reduce the number of pupils travelling by car the college is offering the following support for pupils that live more than one mile walking distance away from the college:

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The number of school days pupils are absent for has decreased under Labour, but there seems to have been little success in reducing truancy.

With the plan of reducing fees and increasing investment, the college has seen pupil numbers rise and was recognised for an «outstanding initiative» and a «strong vision».

The analysis also incorporates data from the National Center for Education Statistics on the racial / ethnic composition of each school, the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced - price lunch (an indicator of family poverty), the average number of students in each grade (a measure of school size), and the school's pupil - teacher ratio (an measure of class size) in the 2007 - 08 school year.

These «cyber» charters must now document their instructional minutes, and their per - pupil funding may be reduced if they offer less than the minimum number of student course minutes per year — a district - style regulation of the process of education without regard for outcomes.

After reducing fees and increasing investment, the school has seen pupil numbers rise and stands as an example to the rest of the sector.

More pupils appear to be taking their maths GCSEs at a time that is right for them as early entries in maths reduced by 64.6 per cent, but the number of entries gaining a grade 9 is at 13.3 per cent, compared to 3.5 per cent overall

In a report published by the Northern Ireland Education and Library Board, it was found that there are a number of strategic benefits to a clean school: creates a positive learning experience and contributes to the ethos and culture of the school; encourages good hygiene practices; promotes a positive image to parents and reassures of pupil safety; teaches respect for property and environment; reduces hidden costs associated with deterioration of property and expenditure on maintenance.

The goal is to reduce the number of dropouts in Texas schools, where state officials believe 1.3 percent of students — about 24,000 pupils — in...

The figures do not suggest that schools are reducing their staffing numbers — with the teacher to pupil ratio remaining at an all - time low of about nine children to every teacher.

Sean Harford, Ofsted's director of education, has told inspectors to check if the number of pupils on roll reduces towards the school's final secondary year — indicating they may be being moved elsewhere.

She said funding levels needed to keep up with changing needs - and gentrification in London meant that the number of pupils eligible for free meals had reduced.

We are strongly opposed to plans to reduce per place funding for mainstream schools with special units from # 10,000 to # 6,000, with the rest of the funding dependent on the number of pupils in the unit in any one year.

He added that there was a risk that pupils in areas with large numbers of selective places, more grammar schools would «reduce the results achieved by poorer children» on average.