Sentences with phrase «than state schools»

Consequently, independent school students have clearer career goals than state school or academy school students.

Figures today show that private schools are substantially more likely to be put pupils in for a mark appeal than state schools.

He said: «The most important thing to understand is that overall, independently educated pupils enter university with better qualifications and do better than state school pupils.

«Not only are their educational outcomes better but, on the best available evidence - value - added scores - independent schools (on average) progress their children more during their school years than state schools.»

However, half of ISC private schools are academically selective, a much higher proportion than state schools.

«Many times, students might be under the impression that private schools are always more expensive than state schools because they look at the sticker price,» McGill said.

David Bann, the study's lead author, suggested that pupils from private schools are more likely to have extra money to invest in extracurricular activities than state schools, which could help them develop healthy habits that benefit them late on life.

That international link is at the core of our philosophy; we are currently developing portable post-16 qualifications; we run a number of early years training courses open to EU teachers, teach languages earlier than state schools, and encourage our pupils to visit neighbouring schools as much as we can.

Top schools often offer scholarships that not only include free tuition, but also free room and board for top students from poor families — meaning it can be less expensive for these students to attend Harvard than a state school or a community college, says Caroline Hoxby, an economist at Stanford who tracks these students.

The proportion of pupils receiving extra time for exams was higher in independent schools than state schools last year

BBC analysis of the data shows private schools often get more pupils into selective universities than state schools with similar results do.

I put myself through four years of college at a private university (at the time I thought it was a better education than a state school, but now I realize there isn't much difference in the real world unless we're talking about Yale or Harvard or something!).

He quoted figures hailed by the DfE earlier in the year which said three - quarters of the first free schools were rated good or outstanding - which a spokesman pointed out was a significantly higher proportion than all state schools.

That exclusive private school may be Junior's dream college but it is also likely more expensive than a state school.

Non-association private schools (ie those not members of organisations affiliated to the ISC) are less likely to be good or better than state schools.

«A significant driver appears to be simply that independent schools typically progress the education of pupils more during their school years than state schools.

Researchers said private schools had used some of the extra cash to modernise facilities — resulting in private school pupils having three times more spent on them than their state school counterparts.

Which is actually higher than some state schools and SUNY.»