Sentences with phrase «school league tables»

In the past, only media organisations used the data to produce rankings in the form of school league tables.

The results are published by the government and are used by the media to compile primary school league tables.

It concluded that a single measure for school league tables was often misleading for parents.

It follows changes to how school league tables are calculated so that only the first entry counts.

The government is to crack down on school league table tricks by cutting the value of vocational qualifications in performance measures.

And it remains to be decided whether grade four or grade five will become the expected level in future, for measures such as school league tables and minimum standards for schools.

This will mean that primary school league tables, to be published later this year, will be incomplete in some areas.

Schools in England are being judged on the basis of raw GCSE results for the last time, heralding the end of school league tables in their present form.

Secondary school league tables in England are going to be published earlier this year so parents can compare the most recent GCSE results when choosing schools.

Party leaders also want school league tables replaced by a «broader set of indicators, including qualitative data on pupil wellbeing».

Parents are being urged to ignore the latest school league tables, after «chaotic» changes to tests in England.

Only the first entry is now counted, so if a pupil re-takes an exam the following year and gets a better grade this will not show in school league table results.

«If the Education Secretary genuinely wishes England to do as well as countries such as Finland, to which he frequently refers in the White Paper, he should follow its example by replacing the inspection system with school self evaluation, refrain from the publication of results by school League Tables and the setting of narrow performance targets and allow teachers to choose their own method of teaching reading.

According to published school league tables in 2015, Tring Park is in the top 10 independent schools in Hertfordshire for A level results * with almost 32 % of its A Level students achieving an A * or A grade, and 64 % achieving A *, A or B grades.

There are warnings from teachers that an excessive emphasis on testing narrows the curriculum and reduces creativity, with the pressure of school league tables taking precedence over the needs of individual pupils.

Sir Anthony Seldon, a university head, former head teacher and mental health campaigner, says school league tables should include measures of well - being.

School league tables tell you nothing meaningful.

A better question might be do THE CURRENT school league tables improve standards to which the answer quite simply is no.

«We find systematic, significant and robust evidence that abolishing school league tables markedly reduced school effectiveness in Wales.

They say music is being squeezed because of pressure on pupils to take subjects included in the EBacc school league table measure.

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

The tests, run by the OECD and taken every three years, have become increasingly influential on politicians who see their countries and their policies being measured against these global school league tables.

The changes to school league tables came amid growing concerns that schools were entering pupils for GCSEs multiple times in order to secure good grades.

Top UK grammar school accused of putting school league tables before pupil education and welfare

Lord Nash praised the school for the kind of «innovative thinking» needed to improve the UK's standing in the international school league tables.

He opposes school league tables, wants fewer tests in schools and has expressed a desire to see all grammar schools become comprehensives, with the 11 - plus scrapped.

Some 145 fee - paying schools came bottom of this year's school league tables because their pupils sat at least one of the iGCSE courses.

As new - style secondary school league tables for England are published, the BBC News website takes you through the changes that are taking place this year.

They are also deeply opposed to the way the results of the tests are used to compile primary school league tables.

The party leadership wants school league tables to be swapped for a «broader set of indicators», including data on wellbeing and university places.

England and Northern Ireland have done well in the latest school league tables.

Labour's diploma qualifications — which combined work - based training with academic learning — were also discontinued by the government, and vocational qualifications were taken out of school league tables in 2012 further discouraging take - up.

Wales and Northern Ireland abolished the publication of school league tables in 2001, followed by Scotland in 2003.

These reforms have had a significant effect on the 2014 GCSE and equivalent results and school league tables.

With your permission I should like to make a statement on the future of qualifications, school league tables and the national curriculum.

School league tables should include a measure of well - being, according to university head Sir Anthony Seldon.

The effect of the Ebac in schools — the use of a metric calculated by awarding points to examination points at GCSE level in five key «academic» subjects in order to provide data to inform the creation of school league tables, has massively reduced the overall GCSE entry.

More attention should be given to progress and value - added measures in school league tables (in England) so that schools are encouraged to focus on all their students, it adds.

«Incentives for schools to choose what they perceive to be easier qualifications are mostly a product of the equivalency framework, and the way the value of qualifications are weighted in school league tables.

The Liberal Democrats have pledged to scrap Ofsted and school league tables, in favour of a less «high - stakes» school accountability system that assesses teacher and pupil wellbeing.

• GCSE league tables: compare your school's performance • A-level league tables: compare your school's performance • Top 100 secondary schools by A-level results 2015 • Top 100 secondary schools by GCSE results 2015 • Secondary school league tables: how to read the results

The party announced yesterday that it would scrap Ofsted and school league tables in favour of a less «high - stakes» school accountability system if it wins power.

The results of the tests are used to compile the school league tables.

In a survey of 996 members, 91 % rated Mr Gove's overall performance as a D - or a fail for the purposes of school league tables.

When England's secondary school league tables are published on Wednesday, they will include the new measure.

Grammar schools have a reputation for high academic achievement and dominate the top of the school league tables.

Ministers have cut the value of more than 3,100 vocational qualifications, ending their recognition in England's school league tables.

The results of the tests, in maths and English, are used to make up the primary school league tables.

This is when 11 - year - olds take Sats tests in English and maths which are used for primary school league tables.

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.