Sentences with phrase «taking more pupils»

Grammar schools attempting to show they can reform by taking more pupils from low income families could be «put off» by higher levels of teacher turnover, it has been warned.

The conventional answer is that some schools will be «lucky», taking more pupils who underperformed at an earlier stage and caught up.

Kent councillors want grammar schools to take more pupils from poorer backgrounds at the expense of children from outside the county

But both Theresa May and Justine Greening, the education secretary, have claimed they do not want to see a return to the «binary system» of grammar schools and secondary moderns of the 1950s, and have unveiled plans to force selective schools to take more pupils from poorer backgrounds.

Dorset county council says its learning centres will not take any more pupils who are suspended from school or at risk of exclusion this term.

Not exact matches

I am sure that the new Government's commitment to such measures as the pupil premium and support for further education colleges and universities will give the young people of my constituency the educational opportunity that will make them more socially mobile, raise their aspirations, unlock untapped potential and let individuals take control of their own lives once more.

Without taking action, the state's charter schools — which now get $ 15,920 per student — would get $ 1,500 more per pupil.

Realising setting the tone of the conversation was making The Pupil ever more stilted and awkward, I decided to take control a bit, and asked him if he knew what I was doing.

Even more surprising, one of the pupils, a kid known as «Rock» (Rob Brown), is the same hoodlum who inspired Dulaine to take this step in the first place.

A new, in - depth report takes a look at how states spend education money and finds that the most cost - effective ways of increasing student achievement are by reducing pupil - teacher ratios, providing more prekindergarten programs, and providing teachers with discretionary classroom resources — not by raising teacher pay.

However, the analysis outlined underlying factors which should be taken into account when reading the figures, including: grammar schools are more likely to be single - sex; co-educational schools have a higher proportion of poorer pupils; and girls are more likely to get good results.

It has been argued that pupils should take GCSEs in English, maths, science, a language and history or geography and expects all pupils will be enrolled in more academic subjects by 2018.

The data — taken from The Key's annual State of Education report, to be released next month — reveals that 59 % of schools (which equates to 14,347 schools in England) received more applications for places this academic year than the number of pupils they could accommodate.

Our teachers need to feel more comfortable with tablets and phones, how to use them to engage pupils and, as such, we need to be able to demonstrate how learning takes place outside of the classroom as well as inside it.

ATL believes that this would be an over-reaction, as more than a million educational visits take place each year, the vast majority of which are without incident or injury to pupils.

Seventy - one per cent of more than 4,500 pupils that took part in the survey - commissioned by the Headmasters» and Headmistresses» Conference (HMC) and Digital Awareness UK - said that they have undergone «digital detoxes» to escape social media.

Oxfam's «Sow the Seed» resource encourages active global citizenship, helping pupils to understand more about the issue and inspiring them to take...

The benefits are that portions of class time are no longer spent taking the register so teachers can spend more time on what really matters, teaching their pupils.

More schools than ever took part in British Food Fortnight during 17 September to 2 October, with competitions such as Cake for the Queen allowing pupils to get creative with local food.

More than 1,000 schools and 400,000 pupils are taking on the challenge of «Around the world in 10 days», as part of Sustrans Big Pedal event 2018 with world record breaking cyclist Mark Beaumont.

Oxfam's «Sow the Seed» resources encourage active global citizenship, helping pupils to understand more about climate change and inspiring them to take action.

With a wider range of choice, this can encourage more pupils to take up sport.

The money will also allow schools to run more sports competitions, partner with other schools to run sports activities and clubs and encourage pupils to take on leadership or volunteer roles that support sport and physical activity within a school.

Pupils can find out more about «rainforest» products and also take part in a debate to decide the future of Guyana's forests.

The Sow the Seed resource encourages active global citizenship, helping pupils to understand more about the issue and inspiring them to take action.

The principles and strategies of formative assessment are embedded in the lesson (for example, the self - evaluation activity allows for profound reflection on learning and helps the pupils to take more responsibility for their own learning).

Concerned more with inclusiveness, validation, and graduation than with college preparedness, administrators encourage teachers to, for instance, consider pupil effort in their grading, and push students to take advanced courses for which they have the ambition but not the readiness.

To help you out, we've selected some of our favourite resources, that will give you the tools to tackle more challenging behaviour while encouraging pupils to take responsibility for their actions.

However, the resit options for pupils taking the legacy GCSE exams will be more strict.

As part of the day, primary schools from up and down the country will be asked to pledge to taking part in the day by running activities designed to get pupils more active.

«It gives pupils the opportunity to learn in a more hands on way and the chance to apply knowledge, for example, taking part in an audit of the school grounds could involve the practical application of maths and English.

LESS CO2 makes students and staff in primary and secondary schools more aware of the impact they have on the environment and inspires pupils to take more responsibility in the running of their school.

Some 22 primary schools, 11 secondary schools and one further education college took part in the research programme, involving 84 teachers and more than 3,000 pupils.

Foundation age children can take an exploratory walk around the school grounds, and GCSE or AS Level Biology pupils could undertake more scientific studies of existing habitats.

Equally, pupils from less affluent backgrounds who took part «are more likely to be highly motivated» and «more able» than their peers who did not sign up.

A U.S. Department of Education analysis of more than 40 studies, including five focused on K - 12 pupils, found that «students who took all or part of their classes online performed better, on average, than those taking the same course through traditional face - to - face instruction.»

More than 200 pupils are taking part in the tournament, in Florence, Italy, this week.

The research also examined whether pupils had taken «EBacc» subjects for GCSE, and found pupils studying them were more likely to stay in education after 16.

Just as I take time to listen and respond to them and model those same behaviors with parents and guardians, I have seen some teachers take more time to listen and show they care before responding to difficult pupils, parents, or situations.»

Overall, pupils who took part made a month's more progress in the subject opposed to the control group.

Under the new reforms grammar schools will be expected to offer lower pass marks for poorer pupils, let children sit tests in primary schools and venues near their home, and encourage more children to take the entry exams.

However, the trust found that pupils took more days off because some parents had children at different schools.

An evaluation of the initiative by academics at Sheffield Hallam University found that those pupils who took part in the study made an average of two months more progress in English and science than a similar group of pupils who did not take part, and therefore formed a control group.

Whatever you are currently doing outside the classroom is already very useful for your pupils: be proud of anything you have achieved so far, and take inspiration from how others have been able to offer their pupils even more.

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

Stating that allowing parents to use their 529 savings for K - 12 tuition «will erode the tax base that funds public schools» when it will benefit many middle class New Yorkers already taking a 2018 hit with lost state and local deduction opportunities; when the real world state budget impact is demonstrably negligible; and in a state that already spends more per public school pupil than any other — is simply poor public education.

According to a report by the British Council and Education Development Trust, the interaction of more rigorous marking for GCSE languages is putting pupils off taking the subject.

Many families find that when their children break up from school, it's four times more expensive to go take a break, however, the Department of Education has claimed that having time off school can harm pupils» attainment.

More than one in ten (12 %) say their pupils spend 57 hours or more taking teMore than one in ten (12 %) say their pupils spend 57 hours or more taking temore taking tests.

The results of a national pupil survey on internet use will be released on 30 January 2017 ahead of Safer Internet Day, taking data from 60 schools and 19,000 pupils Primary - aged pupils are more frequently using tablets and smartphones to access the internet With greater access to the internet, concerns have been raised around the content that is accessible by young children, and how this can be combatted effectively