Sentence examples for maths and schools from inspiring English sources

A lot of the trouble with maths and schools is simply a vicious circle of supply and demand.

David Laws, the schools minister, will tell an education conference on Tuesday that primaries will be deemed to be under-performing from 2014 if under 65% of their pupils reach a satisfactory standard in reading, writing and maths and their school fails to achieve above-average progress in these subjects.

"If children in the poorest parts of the world can learn how to read and write – as well as do maths and science in schools with dirt floors and tattered textbooks – there is no excuse for the way British children are being failed by well-resourced schools".

Prof Perkins draws "some comfort that we are heading in the right direction" with initiatives to inspire future engineers, a focus on maths and science in schools, more apprenticeships and "our continued strength in higher education".

On comparative academic achievements, the study found that girls from single-sex schools were more likely to take male-dominated subjects such as maths and science at school.

He also studied maths and science at school.

She laughs and admits: "I wasn't at all good at maths and science at school".

FOR the past two years, nine-year-old Harvey Jiang has been privately tutored in maths and reading after school.

Simmons says she receives some unimpressive statements stating: "I liked maths and physics at school and I didn't know what to do next".

I took A-levels in maths and physics at school, and A-level geology 10 years later as a mature student, after which I went back to university to study geology.

Many people who enjoyed science, maths and IT at school, but may not envisage themselves at university, can be put off pursuing their passions, believing they would need a degree to take this interest any further.