Sentence examples for primary schools teaching from inspiring English sources

The number of primary schools teaching a language increased rapidly when the Labour government introduced the national languages strategy in 2002, an initiative that gave heads eight years to introduce a foreign language at key stage two.

Shortly afterwards the National Foundation for Educational Research presented an even rosier picture, saying that the proportion of primary schools teaching a language had risen from 70percentnt in 2006 to 84percentnt, with just over half fully meeting the entitlement for all year groups.

The number of primary schools teaching languages has been increasing in response to a target set by the previous government., though school inspectors say headteachers' monitoring of language provision can be weak.

Both unions claim the "high stakes" nature of the tests – which are used to compile primary school league tables – have led to too many primary schools teaching to the test in the final year of primary school, making lessons dull for pupils.

Some primary schools teach the basics of voting or other areas of citizenship as part of personal, social and health education, or perhaps because they have a school council, but this largely depends on the enthusiasm and time commitments of senior management or staff.

On the island, primary schools taught pupils from ages 4 9, middle schools from ages 9 13 and secondary schools from ages 13 18.

Maybe in a primary school – teaching a bit of everything".

The lodge's owners have set up a primary school, teaching more than 160 students, 80% of whom are orphans.

My daughters' primary school teaches only Spanish.

And were their nursery and primary school teaches all male?

Well, you say, what else should primary-school teaching be about?