Sentence examples for pupils were given from inspiring English sources

Millions of pupils were given a day off as schools closed.

Her pupils were given Russian flags to wave, but the sound system was so bad they could not hear the speeches.

The following day, in an apparently unrelated event, all the pupils were given a snack-pack as a reward from the headteacher for hard work – the contents of which they could choose from a list.

In Austin, about 3% of the school district's 80,000 pupils were given criminal citations in the 2007/8 school year, the last date for which figures are available.

Children's learning could "hugely improve" if all pupils were given smartphones to use in the classroom, technology experts say but, instead, the UK risks falling behind because the government doesn't seem particularly interested.

He advocated ranking schools on "contextual valued-added" scores – whereby pupils were given a ranking on what they had achieved when they started and then given a new one on taking their GCSEs.

Sponsored academies are turning around hundreds of underperforming schools and ensuring pupils are given every chance to fulfil their potential.

The second kind of feedback was social-comparative feedback (SCF) where pupils are given only a grade for their work.

Based on their key stage 2 results from primary school, pupils are given forecast grades for GCSEs.

The pupils are given loads of kids-say-the-funniest-things dialogue, there's the traditional "audition montage" and the whole thing is like a particularly unsubtle panto.

The report says pupils are given the same work regardless of their different abilities and that the governing body is ineffective.