Sentences with phrase «thousands of pupils»

This meant that over a thousand primary teachers up and down the country took part in judging the writing of thousands of pupils.

They are threatening to seek a judicial review after thousands of pupils scored lower - than - expected results when grade boundaries were raised midway through the year.

Hundreds of thousands of pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive their GCSE results on Thursday.

A Department for Education spokesman said: «The English Baccalaureate opens up academic subjects to tens of thousands of pupils who wouldn't get the chance to study them otherwise.

New National Reference Tests to help set GCSE grade boundaries could be made compulsory for thousands of pupils in England,

«Tens of thousands of pupils across England are receiving questionable grades each year - it's not just this year.»

Liberal Democrat education spokesman Tavish Scott said «Thousands of pupils faced the prospect of going back to school without a dedicated class teacher in place.

While almost half of the affected pupils will return to the classroom, a timescale for the full reopening remains unclear, with thousands of pupils still currently out of the classroom.

Reaching thousands of pupils across the country, Active Schools will help teachers to create active school environments and children to lead healthier lives.

As hundreds of thousands of pupils await their GCSE grades, Ofqual's Exams Doctor George Turnbull gives his advice on what to do if you do not get the grades you need.

Schools inspectors in England say thousands of pupils are being labelled as having special educational needs when they simply need better teaching.

Heads have said it was «outrageous» to blame teachers for the fiasco which saw thousands of pupils get lower grades than predicted.

The legal move followed a decision by the UK government not to re-grade the papers taken by thousands of pupils in England.

But the government's newly proposed changes won't come in until April, too late to prevent the corruption of data on thousands of pupils due to be collected in the January school census.

Tens of thousands of pupils took papers for more than one maths GCSE in 2012, according to Ofqual figures, while the numbers sitting key English and maths exams before they were 16 also soared.

Free English GCSE resits set to be taken by tens of thousands of pupils next month have not prevented another outbreak of the re-grading row.

Every year thousands of pupils and teachers attend The Big Bang Fair, which exists to inspire young people to become the next generation of scientists and engineers — rewarding careers for those young people and essential to the health of the UK economy.»

However, although thousands of pupils, teachers, parents and local communities now have access to high - quality 3G AGPs or changing pavilions at their school, the availability of facilities — which are the proven driver of getting more people to play sport — is still too limited.

Primary schools are being encouraged to take part in an exciting new digital challenge which is already engaging thousands of pupils across the UK.

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Hunger has highlighted official figures which showed thousands of pupils in England started school underweight in 2015.

The Big Pedal 2018 is open to individual classes as well as whole schools, with hundreds of thousands of pupils expected to take part.

«NEU Cymru broadly welcomes the new legislation which will affect thousands of pupils, students and parents across Wales as well as the work of education professionals in all school and further education settings.»

Instead of building on that success, Michael Gove scrapped it and has left thousands of pupils and teachers working in buildings which are in desperate need of repair.

As tens of thousands of pupils collect their GCSE results, a head teacher in Wales says it is important standards remain high in the changing exam landscape.

The programme, available as paper worksheets, webgames and as an app, has very successfully boosted times tables recall speed for hundreds of thousands of pupils over the last 7 years in over 5,000 schools - both primary and secondary - worldwide.

The BHA published a report last year that claimed thousands of pupils may have been unlawfully denied a place after «widespread violations» of the admissions code were found in nearly 50 religiously selective schools.

«This change was not explained and has disadvantaged many thousands of pupils and their schools.

Council Leader Darren Cooper said: «This announcement is a slap in the face for thousands of pupils.

He said: «Thousands of pupils faced the prospect of going back to school without a dedicated class teacher in place.

He suggested the only schools which could thrive under the new formula are very large schools with thousands of pupils, akin to the types of schools found in Asia.

Reaching thousands of pupils across the country, Active Kids Do Better will help teachers to create active school environments and children to lead healthier lives.

As tens of thousands of pupils await their GCSE results due on Thursday, an examiners» report for the AQA exam board has highlighted the struggles that markers face with onscreen evaluation and illegible answers.

The Centre for Education and Employment Research, a think tank, says thousands of pupils could have been affected.

The idea had taken on greater relevance in the light of this summer's GCSE marking fiasco, which had led to thousands of pupils getting lower than expected grades, he added.

The organisation apologised after it emerged the GCSE paper sat by thousands of pupils this morning contained a glaring error relating to the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet.

On Share A Pencil Day 2018, thousands of pupils in classrooms throughout the UK will share one pencil between two students to experience what life is like for children who can not go to school or have to share the basic tools for learning like a pen or a pencil.

Hundreds of thousands of pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been receiving their GCSE results.

Given the thousands of pupils who passed through those schools during those decades, that is a very small number indeed.

Thousands of pupils were affected as some 6,000 schools in England closed, the Department for Education said.

School Standards Minister Nick Gibb said: «This morning, thousands of pupils will find out which secondary school they will be going to this September and thanks to our reforms and the hard work of teachers, 1.9 million more children are now going to good or outstanding schools than in 2010.

Thousands of pupils will benefit from better, brighter, warmer classrooms thanks to this funding.»

Schools Minister Lord Nash said: «Through the priority school building programme we are investing in school buildings across the country to transform the learning environment for tens of thousands of pupils and their teachers while delivering value for money for the taxpayer.

Discussing what the announcement means for the long term future of the education sector, Morgan stated: «As part of our long term economic plan, we have continued to invest in school buildings which will ensure we can deliver even more great new schools, transform the learning environment for tens of thousands of pupils and their teachers whilst delivering value for money for the taxpayer.»

«What the CIE should now do is reverse the incorrect grading of 2015 which has had devastating consequences for thousands of pupils.

On Friday 23rd September, thousands of pupils and teachers will be wearing their jeans to school in exchange for a small donation.

Schools Minister Lord Nash said, «Our investment in school buildings across the country is transforming the learning environment for tens of thousands of pupils and their teachers.

A winner at this year's BETT Awards, Discovery Education helps schools to deliver interactive lessons and virtual experiences, bringing learning to life for thousands of pupils.

The day before hundreds of thousands of pupils were due to take part of their English Sats paper, it was mistakenly uploaded on to a website for test markers.

There is a human cost in the disruption caused to the education of the thousands of those pupils who attended schools which have closed.

The ATL teachers» union dismissed it as a «drop in the ocean» and said that hundreds of thousands of pupils would still be taught in sub-standard buildings.