Sentences with phrase «said bright pupils»

He said bright pupils in England were not getting enough opportunities, but grammar school tests were not reliable.

Not exact matches

«A key element of the Science on Stage concept is to give teachers an up - to - date «insider's view» of what is happening in big science, to tell them about new, highly diverse and interesting career opportunities for their pupils, and to create a European atmosphere where bright young people can meet and interact», says Colin Carlile, Director General of the Institut Laue - Langevin and current chairman of the EIROforum.

About a half - hour into the film, after Allen establishes his standard, complicated love story, this time involving a «genius» philosophy professor named Abe Lucas (played by Joaquin Phoenix, with a heck of a gut), Jill, his brightest pupil (Emma Stone), who says she's in love with her boyfriend, and Rita, a married professor (Parker Posey), who all teach / attend the same Newport, R.I. university, «Irrational Man» takes a rather dark and very welcome turn.

He said: «Schools work very hard to provide the best possible education to all their pupils, including the brightest.

School Standards Minister Nick Gibb said: «Through this Future Talent Fund, we will test new and innovative approaches so that we can find out what works best to ensure the brightest pupils from the most disadvantaged families can excel in their education.»

Just one - fifth (21 per cent) said they always advised their bright pupils to apply and a quarter (28 per cent) said they usually did.

43 per cent of state secondary school teachers say they would rarely or never advise their bright pupils to apply to Oxbridge, according to a new poll published by the Sutton Trust

Over four in ten (43 %) state secondary school teachers say they would rarely or never advise their bright pupils to apply to Oxbridge.

Teachers reported even bright pupils could not finish the test as they said it was a «demoralising» experience for some.

Sir Craig Tunstall, executive head teacher of the federation leading the Gipsy Hill bid, said they wanted to tackle the problem of bright pupils in primary school falling behind when they transfer to secondary school.

A # 23 million fund to trial new teaching practices is being targeted at the brightest pupils because they «could do with a bit of extra help», Justine Greening has said.

He said this could mean that the brightest pupils had to be taught to write answers that were below their own ability level to get the highest grades.

And when it comes to the brightest children, Estyn said schools» expectations of their more able pupils just are not high enough.

Sir Peter Lampl said: «One important reason why bright children from low and middle income pupils miss out on the best universities is that they don't take the right subjects at school.

Grammar schools take relatively fewer bright, poor pupils than schools that do not select by ability, a study says.

Education Minister Huw Lewis said schools should follow the lead of Dyffryn School in Port Talbot which, despite being in a challenging area, sets high standards, performs well and gives pupils a bright future.

Rex Philips, Wales organiser for the teaching union NASUWT, said: «Whilst is right that the best and the brightest of our pupils and their teachers should be congratulated for their outstanding achievements at GCSE this year, we should not lose sight of the fact that pupils who achieve a D, E or G may well have excelled themselves.

There is no differentiation between bright pupils and those who are not so bright, says head teacher Beverley Mabey.