Sentences with phrase «to select pupils»

Half of these highly selective schools were in control of their admissions policies and half selected pupils on the basis of a faith, it added.

Most state funded Catholic schools in other developed countries do not select pupils by faith.

The academics say that boosting the number of schools that select pupils for ability would be dangerous for equality.

Chambers selects pupils (and tenants) solely on merit.

They say increasing the number of schools that select pupils by ability would be dangerous for equality.

Under a law created by the Labour Government in 1998, new grammar schools, which select pupils based on an examination at age 11, are not allowed to be opened in England.

Grammar schools are state secondary schools, which select their pupils by means of an examination taken by children at age 11, known as the «11 Plus».

NASUWT General Secretary Chris Keates said: «Whilst selecting pupils on the basis of banding or a lottery may seem, at first glance, fair and attractive, it masks a number of potentially adverse consequences in a system in which there is a free for all for schools to set their own admissions arrangements.

This must explain how it considers applications for every age group, including arrangements for selecting the pupils who apply, its over-subscription criteria, and an explanation of what parents should do to apply.

However, two - thirds of Catholics opposed the plans that would allow religious schools in England to use faith - based criteria when selecting pupils for admission.

Faith cap remains in name only as DfE pledges to help fund new VA schools that can select all pupils according to faith

Even school - choice advocates typically assert that, while families should be free to choose their children's schools, schools have no business selecting their pupils.

«At the moment we have a law that says if you're setting up a new school, you can not select pupils by academic ability.

Schools marked IND are independent, those marked SEL select their pupils on the basis of academic activity.

State funded faith schools may only select pupils on religious grounds because their admission arrangements are exempt from the prohibition on religious discrimination in the 2010 Equality Act.

Many force their kids to have extra tuition to get the grades needed to get into schools that select pupils based on ability, then spend a small fortune on school fees.

General secretary Chris Keates said: «Whilst selecting pupils on the basis of banding or a lottery may seem, at first glance, fair and attractive, it masks a number of potentially adverse consequences in a system in which there is a free for all for schools to set their own admissions arrangements.

Grammar schools select their pupils by means of a test, known as the 11 - plus, which is taken by pupils in the last year of primary school.

Theresa May has put her own stamp firmly on education policy with a green paper suggesting more schools should be able to select pupils on academic ability.

Despite government assurances that «no grammar school will lose its right to select pupils by academic ability as a result of converting to become an academy,» the National Grammar Schools Association has urged schools to «exercise extreme caution» before making the change.

«Freedom comes at the high price of, among other things, abandoning national pay and conditions of service for teachers and allowing all schools to select their pupils.

«No grammar school will lose its right to select pupils by academic ability as a result of converting to become an academy.

A Labour policy rooted in those values might be that no state - funded school should be allowed to select pupils on the basis of the professed faith of their parents, or privilege children of the same religious background over those whose parents do not believe in a god.

41 % of respondents thought that schools should not be allowed to select any pupils on the basis of ability.

CONSERVATIVE BACKBENCHER: Sir Michael, could I ask Mr Gove to use the distinguished intellectual powers at his disposal to explain further his doubtless correct conclusion that a school should be allowed to select pupils on all means available to it other than academic ability?

««Faith» schools are discriminatory and divisive, selecting pupils and staff based on religious beliefs and teaching skewed curricula.

The media whirlwind began when newly appointed Education Secretary Justine Greening said the government should be «open minded» about the opening of new grammar schools - state funded schools that select pupils based on an examination at age 11.

Proposed plans to allow faith schools to select all pupils based on religious grounds will lead to «increased ethnic and religious segregation across England», according to the British Humanist Association (BHA).

Respondents from other religious backgrounds were more enthusiastic about the removal of the cap: 43 per cent of Muslims and 55 per cent of Jews were in favour of allowing schools to select all pupils on the basis of religion.

But there were Asian school systems, such as Singapore and Hong Kong, that seemed to be more effective in how they selected pupils.

Grammar schools - state - funded schools that select pupils on the basis of ability - are facing increasing pressure to become more socially inclusive, amid government plans to increase the number of them.

The critical factors for success are the support of the head teachers and other staff at the four primary schools who select the pupils and the pupils» parents, who are involved in the process from the start.

Grammar schools are state secondary schools that select their pupils by means of an examination taken by children at age 11, known as the «11 - plus».

The scheme has the full support of United Learning's secondary academies south director Dame Sally Coates, despite her having previously spoken out in Schools Week about «underhand» tactics used by some schools to select pupils.

While at the NSN, Timothy has called for the relaxation of rules that limit the ability of over-subscribed faith - based free schools to select pupils on the grounds of religion and to end the ban on grammar schools.

They should tell us where these schools will be, how many of them there will be, how much the policy will cost, how these schools will select their pupils, where the resources will come from, what the pupils will learn and how the schools will differ from existing ones.

The charity also called for a relaxation of rules that limit the ability of over-subscribed faith - based free schools to select pupils on the grounds of religion.

Ministers are proposing that grammar schools be required by law to have strategies in place to «ensure fair access», but for the second time today Gibb went further, suggesting the ability of grammars to select their pupils could depend on the school improving access for poorer pupils.

Please bear in mind that it is important that referees provide evidence relevant to the objective criteria we employ to select pupils.