Sentence examples for sufficient schooling from inspiring English sources

However, it should be remembered that most mid-nineteenth-century parents chose to give their sons and daughters sufficient schooling to make them literate before education became compulsory, usually paying fees that were higher than those charged by board schools (Vincent, 1989, pp. 22 29, 66 72).

The first step was to provide sufficient schools.

Nick Gibb, the schools minister, insisted that enough money was being provided to councils to ensure sufficient school places.

The race is on to create sufficient school places to accommodate the population surge coming through the education system.

The initial response to the 1944 Act focused more on providing sufficient schools than on meeting the specific needs of individual pupils.

Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: "A key duty of government is to ensure there are sufficient school places and enough qualified teachers.

Councils are responsible for ensuring there are sufficient school places in their area, and we expect them to plan effectively and make good investment decisions.

The Basic Need budget is given to local authorities to ensure that they can provide sufficient school places for all children in their area and it is crucial when there is heavy pressure on pupil numbers.

But as the founders of those schools and their pupils await results day, there is a growing sense in the sector that what made free schools distinctive is being watered down as the government struggles to meet the challenge of providing sufficient school places.

So on schools, we are told "the government is investing £5bn... to ensure that there are sufficient school places, which can be in free schools".

"As secretary of state for education, Michael Gove's prime duties are to provide sufficient school places and qualified school teachers, but he is failing to do either".