Sentence examples for of poor pupils from inspiring English sources

Is it fair, for example, to demand the same of poor pupils and rich ones?

Evidence dating back more than 40 years shows that schools with too great a concentration of poor pupils are undesirable.

A better screening system is needed (see article).But this is not the real answer to the problem of poor pupils' underperformance.

The coalition government has agreed to push ahead with the Lib Dem policy to give extra money to schools that take a disproportionate number of poor pupils.

Alice Sullivan of London's Institute of Education declares: "There is no robust evidence that any particular structure … is beneficial for improving the performance of poor pupils".

Their study analysed how far Brighton and Hove's lottery admissions system had improved the chances of poor pupils attending top schools, and who the main winners and losers were when places were allocated randomly.

My relentless focus has been on raising the attainment of poorer pupils so that everyone can achieve their full potential.

At age 16, just a third (35%) of poorer pupils are reaching the level expected, compared with almost two-thirds (62%) of other pupils.

While he and Clegg agree on many things – such as the "pupil premium" to boost the chances of poorer pupils and measures to improve social mobility – on several fundamentals they are at odds.

There was also a marked difference between the performance of disadvantaged pupils and their wealthier classmates, with just 36.7 per cent of poorer pupils getting five good GCSEs including maths and English, compared to 64.7 per cent of wealthier students.

No quota system could guarantee that disadvantaged students would thrive in that environment and would probably have to lower entry requirements in order to ensure the requisite number of poorer pupils.