Sentence examples for classroom places from inspiring English sources

This comes as a baby boom puts a squeeze on classroom places.

The figures come after a highly critical report on free schools published by the Public Accounts Committee of MPs, which charged that free schools were not being opened in areas of greatest need, and that £240m had been spent opening free school in places with no shortage of classroom places.

Local authorities in England say they want new powers to provide classroom places if the government presses ahead with plans to turn all schools into academies, as families wait to hear on Monday if their preferred primary schools have room for their children.

A highly critical report on free schools was published last week by the Commons public accounts committee, chaired by Labour MP Margaret Hodge, which concluded that free schools were not being opened in areas of greatest need and that £240m had been spent opening free schools in parts of the country that had no shortage of classroom places.

Extra classroom places are likely to relieve some of the increasing pressure on primary schools, particularly in London and the big cities, where a surge in the birth rate has seen primary schools struggling to cope with the rising demand.

Instead, he rearranged each classroom, placing the chairs in a semicircle, so the students were facing each other as well as the teacher.

Students will enter the classroom, place their cell phones in a box and receive a copy of the week's reading to sink their teeth into.

We prepared seven or eight classrooms for the families of the slain children and teachers, two or three families to a classroom, placing water and tissues and snacks in each one.

Last year, twice the anticipated number of school children returned to the classroom placing great strains on the already weakened education system.

The truth is that weapons designed for the 'theater of war do not belong in our movie theaters' -- or our classrooms, places of worship or streets.

Second, our members have devoted their careers to making our schools and classrooms places that prepare all children to be successful in college, work and life.