Sentence examples for elite pupils from inspiring English sources

AC Grayling wishes to open a free school in Camden, London, offering "elite" pupils "a richly formative education".

I always thought that our system is very selective; it's very efficient to have an elite of good pupils.

There were elite modernists, mostly former pupils and grandpupils of Denisov, whose attitudes somewhat resemble those of the European avant-garde of the 1960's (say, Berio or Ligeti).

"Is it any wonder," she asks after a discussion of the abuse suffered by some pupils at elite public (i.e., private) schools, "that Englishmen — particularly British men of a certain class — are so mixed up about sex?" There is a kernel of truth in it somewhere, but first we need to know whom we are talking about.

The academy's principal, Peter Hughes, rejected claims of poaching, saying the plan to develop the school's successful rowing programme – based at the London Regatta Centre in the Docklands – was intended to offer Hackney children the same opportunities as those available to pupils at elite private schools.

It has long been considered a steppingstone to prestigious private schools and elite colleges, even if its pupils are barely out of diapers.

Many elite universities still admit few pupils from underprivileged backgrounds despite repeated attempts to boost participation, official statistics released today show.

The academics also suggested that the reason why Muslims overall were less likely to have degrees and attend an elite university than non-Muslim pupils was due to them falling behind at primary school.

Inspections to be targeted on failing schools, an effort to get more science and maths graduates to be teachers, and state school pupils to sit "elite" exams like the iGCSE.

The discrepancy is mostly down to the fact that fewer state-school pupils apply to elite institutions than do their privately educated counterparts.Many potential state-school students have already ruled themselves out of Oxbridge by making poor subject choices before applying for higher education.

Such students ought to be pushed, as they would be at independent or grammar schools, he told the Sunday Telegraph.. The news comes as league tables reveal hundreds of schools failed to produce pupils suitable for elite universities.