Sentence examples for government benchmark from inspiring English sources

The government benchmark requires pupils to pass five good GCSEs.

Last summer almost two-thirds of Knowsley school-leavers failed to achieve the government benchmark of five good GCSEs.

Last year just 24% of students at Kirkby managed to get the government benchmark of five GCSEs including English and maths at A* to C, compared with a national average among state school students of 57%.

Hundreds of schools will see drops of at least 40 percentage points in the proportion of their pupils achieving the government benchmark under the new measure, an analysis of last year's results suggests: this lists performance in the individual subjects of languages and science but not on the combined new English bac measure.

According to Ofsted, 46% of pupils in the east Midlands failed to achieve the government benchmark of five or more A* to C grades at GCSE including English and maths; 73% of children from deprived backgrounds failed to reach the same benchmark, and children in care fared worse than in any other region, with 10.2% of them achieving the required five good GCSEs.

The government has not decided whether households and businesses should have to prove they are energy efficient by signing up to standards set under the so-called "green deal, the forthcoming government plan for encouraging insulation, or using the separate government benchmark on energy performance certificates.

The new powers are more likely to apply to those facing issues such as a significant drop in results or failure to meet government benchmarks.

Generic high-quality credit stands to tighten against government benchmarks.

The authority had also failed to meet any of the Welsh government benchmarks for attainment.

Under new plans, ministers could force schools rated as "requiring improvement" and missing new government benchmarks to become an academy.

Ministers would be able to force schools rated requiring improvement and missing new government benchmarks to become an academy.