Sentence examples for weaker pupils from inspiring English sources

Schools should focus on better lessons rather than longer ones.But Mr Gove has a point, particularly when it comes to helping weaker pupils.

But if the test results of weaker pupils improve significantly, England would overtake several other countries in the global education race.

But the proportion who pass has fluctuated wildly over the years, and often depends on how many of the weaker pupils are prevented from sitting the exam.

Menzies said there could also be an issue for summer-born children who could be almost a year younger than some peers and could wrongly be put in lower sets and labelled as weaker pupils.

The weaker pupils are less intimidated and take more risks with their peers, and the more able students take their understanding to a higher level when they design a method to convey their knowledge.

Just as some secondary schools do not enter their weaker pupils for GCSEs, the temptation is to encourage these children to go elsewhere, often to schools already battling against poor league table ratings.

Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania and Arizona have recently debated the idea; but all are plotting pilot projects, limited to the poorest or academically weakest pupils.In New Mexico, Mr Johnson is being far bolder.

That should lessen the temptation for schools to concentrate on pushing pupils across the all-important borderline between a grade D and a grade C. Doing this boosts schools' standing in league tables but fails to help the weakest pupils or stretch the brightest.More controversially, the practice of awarding final exam marks for listening and speaking skills in English would end.

The report added: "In weaker lessons, pupils were not challenged to warm up vigorously or build stamina and strength by participating in sustained periods of physical activity.

Ministers believe local authorities are in some cases deliberately preventing good schools from raising their "planned admissions numbers" because it becomes harder to sustain a weaker school if pupils defect.

Technology use was successful, but the tutored teachers designed less coherent tasks and weaker support for pupils' collaboration, knowledge construction and metacognition than their more-experienced colleagues.