Sentence examples for character of school from inspiring English sources

He wrote: "The current requirement in statute for an act of collective worship should be abolished, and the decision about the form and character of school assemblies should be left to the governors of individual schools".

Former education secretary Charles Clarke this year urged the abolition of compulsory daily worship, saying "the decision about the form and character of school assemblies should be left to the governors of individual schools".

"The current requirement in statute for an act of collective worship should be abolished, and the decision about the form and character of school assemblies should be left to the governors of individual schools," he wrote.

Children starting school are subjected to a change of lifestyle with increasing sedentary behavior and decreasing physical activity levels [ 52], because of the essential demands of the current character of schooling.

Each girl entered her respective school and became the main character of that school.

Why in particular, as has been announced today, should the religious character of a school (which may or may not be shared by the school's pupils or their parents) be allowed to skew the sex and relationships education that children receive?

Failings include governors who try to alter the character of a school to fit in with their own ideology - as in the case of the Birmingham "Trojan Horse" schools where they tried to enforce a hard-line Islamist ethos - and boards that have agreed "wildly excessive" remuneration packages for headteachers.

Darden is a special place, and the character of the school has travelled well.

When deciding where to teach, they consider the character of a school – including aspects such as student behaviour and attainment.

Some of the most vocal members of the Cooper Union community have argued that any tuition would alter the essential character of the school.

We'd taken right inside ourselves a dog-eat-dog, siege-like survivalist mentality: not all of us, I must emphasise, but enough of us to determine the overall character of the school environment.