Sentences with phrase «school sixth forms»

Despite the subsidies, government guidance says that new school sixth forms still need at least 200 students to be financially viable.

Far from extending choice the free school sixth form actually reduced it because it doesn't offer the vocational courses offered by the sixth form which has now closed.

Today's announcement also saw an extension of free school meals to disadvantaged students in further education and sixth form colleges, rather than just school sixth forms.

Nor can they rely on subsidies available for school sixth forms, which can be supported from the school's «more generous» 11 - 16 funding.

By the third evening, it included a joint musical section with pupils from Coombe Girls» School and a drama performance by an ensemble consisting of sixth - formers at King's and the Ricards Lodge High School sixth form, known as RR6.

The government will protect the national per - student base rate for 16 - 19 year - olds in school sixth forms, sixth form colleges and FE colleges in England for the rest of the Parliament.

Education lawyer Imogen Jolley from Simpson Millar said: «In maintained school sixth forms there may be grade boundaries to get in, but once you are in the only way they can get rid of you is if there is a behaviour issue.

It finds that there are 20 areas of the country with little, or no, school sixth form provision within a commutable distance.

An established sixth form college had to close in Rutland after a free school sixth form opened.

A DfE and BIS spokesperson said the departments wanted to encourage school sixth forms to «collaborate to a greater extent to help drive efficiencies».

The Lib Dems also announced that poorer college students will be entitled to free school meals - on the same basis as those studying at school sixth forms.

Grammar school sixth forms tend to be larger than non-selective schools or academies (an average of 302 students compared with 201), but are much smaller than sixth - form colleges that have an average of 1,716 students.

The release follows a campaign by post-16 institutions for tougher restrictions on the practice, borne out of fears that some smaller sixth forms are unviable and concerns that larger new school sixth forms could threaten other providers in their area.

included a joint musical section with pupils from Coombe Girls» School and a drama performance by an ensemble consisting of sixth - formers at King's and the Ricards Lodge High School sixth form, known as RR6.

Sixth form colleges and school sixth forms will be hit by the particularly savage cuts of up to 20 % to 16 - 19 education.

Sixth form colleges and school sixth forms will see funding cut by close to 20 per cent, as shown last month by independent research from the Institute of Fiscal Studies.

School sixth forms are in «crisis», it has been claimed, as government figures show their funding has been cut in cash terms by nearly a fifth over six years.

ATL released a survey of more than 2,200 teachers, senior leaders and support staff from primary and secondary schools and school sixth forms.

Guidance on the first round of reviews in Birmingham, Solihull, Manchester and Sheffield identifies 22 FE colleges and 16 sixth form colleges which will be compelled to take part, but no school sixth forms or University Technical Colleges.

A legal challenge brought against the Department for Education over the opening of a small - school sixth form has cost tax payers over # 75,000.