Sentence examples for school entrants from inspiring English sources

"In general, there is a close correlation between the rank of the institution and the proportion of independent school applicants accepted for entry; the higher the ranking, the higher it is likely to be the concentration of independent school entrants.

The findings from Oxford Brookes, which has a higher proportion of applicants and entrants from private schools than the average, have influenced the university's decision to set a target to increase the proportion of state school entrants and make lower offers to some candidates from deprived backgrounds.

An examination of two independent data sets suggests that, although onset-rime sensitivity typically predicts school entrants' later word reading skill, phoneme sensitivity does predict more variation.

In addition, we also argue that the age-related disadvantage of early school entrants can be offset by an age-related advantage as they save more time for the future, given the early timing hypothesis from the life-course perspective.

The effect was dramatic: state support, through bursaries and central grants, was hugely increased; the proportion of state school entrants increased considerably; for the first time in over a hundred years, there was considerable competition over places.

Of the universities with the highest numbers of former private school pupils, UCL and Bristol were in the top half of The Tab's league table, while the other universities with a high number of private school entrants – Cambridge, Oxford and Durham – occupied the bottom half.

Finally, our sample only comprises graduate participants whose average age is closer to the thirties whereas the high-school entrants are closer to the twenties which calls the generalisation of these findings to high-school entrants into question.

Compared to school leaver entrants the graduate entrants again were significantly less anxious.

The profiles of 213 school leaver entrants and 32 graduate entry entrants are shown in Table 3. Again there were some significant differences in test scores between the two groups.

Teachers know that, when a school has entrants of low prior attainment, they've got zero chance of recording above-average progress and that affects their career prospects.

So realistically, few of the business school plan entrants can even understand whether their business plans even make sense.