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“first time in a quarter of century that the NAHT has taken industrial action.”
“who said about half of England's 17,000 primary schools would boycott the tests, which are known as Sats.”
“it will be the first time in a quarter of a century that the NAHT has taken industrial action”
“The NUT and the NAHT are taking unprecedented joint action against the tests”
“the tests are not "set in stone"”
“the conference in Liverpool”
“The heads are due to boycott national tests in England for 11-year-olds.”
“Half of England's primary schools will boycott national tests due to be taken by 11-year-olds in just over a week, teaching unions claim.”
“She said 50% of England's 17,000 schools would take part.”
“All around the country, we are hearing 50% of schools and counting are going to do the boycott.”
“Results from the national tests - in English and maths - are used to make up the primary school league tables.”
“They also underpin reports by Ofsted inspectors.”
“This year for the first time teachers' assessments of their children will be published alongside the test results for England.”
“When this was first announced, the government hoped it would be enough to head off a boycott of the tests.”
“The National Governors' Association says the situation is very confused and that governors are caught in a dispute between the government and head teachers.”
“Ms Blower told delegates: 'The level of work caused by Ofsted and target setting is unreasonable and the Sats boycott is not unconnected with the pressure from Ofsted and the data-driven agenda'.”
“Earlier, the head teachers had passed a motion calling for the replacement of the schools inspectorate Ofsted.”
“The tests are due to be taken from 10 May, just days after the general election.”
“We don't think this has been done in 112 years of NAHT history - certainly not in the last 25 years.”
“The tests - known as Sats - are due to be taken from 10 May, just days after the general election.”
“So we will be doing tests, but not the 2010 tests.”
“My children in Year 6 are a lost generation”
“The development in the children's writing has been phenomenal over the year, because we could allocate time to reading and writing instead of revising.”
“For the first time, this year, Sats results will be published alongside the assessments made by teachers.”
“The government has reminded governors that they have a duty to make sure the tests take place.”
“New secondary schools will be sent teachers' assessments of the children”
“In 1953 two people got to the top of Everest, an extraordinary achievement at the time.”
“Yet on a single day in 1996, 39 people stood on the summit.”
“That might suggest that Everest had become 20 times easier to climb.”
“This argument goes to the heart of the current row over the national curriculum tests, or SATs, for 11 year-olds.”
“The heads say about half of primary schools will take action”
“NAHT general secretary Mick Brookes apologised to parents, but said the rules governing industrial action meant action had to follow within four weeks of a ballot.”
“The National Association of Head Teachers and some members of the National Union of Teachers voted to boycott the Sats, which take place in a week.”
“the rules governing industrial action meant action had to follow within four weeks of a ballot”
“which take place in a week”
“about half of primary schools will take action”
“would dock the pay of everyone boycotting the tests for every day”
“action had to follow within four weeks of a ballot”
“The heads say about half of primary schools will take action, but the picture is far from clear.”
“Schools Secretary Ed Balls wrote to governors on Wednesday setting out their responsibilities and what action they could take if their head joined the boycott.”
“He said the city's education authority had sent letters to governors - copied to heads - saying they could consider disciplinary action.”
“The letter also told governors they had a legal duty to make sure Sats were carried out and that could include asking volunteers to administer them.”
“And heads were being told they could expect a visit from someone 'high up in the trust' if they took part.”
“My chair of governors is also using emotional abuse, saying 'do I wish this to be my legacy - to be remembered as the head who boycotted Sats'”
“He said the test papers had arrived at his school but he had sealed the box back up and hidden it.”
“A head teacher of a Nottingham primary school for 24 years”
“About 80% of teachers complain about stress at work and thousands of teachers leave the profession every year - predominantly due to stress, Mr Illingworth says.”
“In a classroom of 25 to 30 pupils, all with individual needs, you have to be on top of your game - particularly if you have a challenging class.”
“According to the Teacher Support Network, which runs a well-being helpline, one in four of those who called between January and March this year described themselves as suffering from stress - compared to one in five the year before.”
“In the first quarter of 2010 the network's support services were used 49,000 times.”
“About 80% of teachers complain about stress at work”
“one in four of those who called between January and March this year described themselves as suffering from stress”
“compared to one in five the year before”
“He went on to have a breakdown at the age of 55.”
“In a classroom of 25 to 30 pupils”
“one in four of those who called between January and March this year described themselves as suffering from stress - compared to one in five the year before.”
“almost half a billion pounds is in what it calls 'excessive balances' held by individual schools.”
“about 28,000 school leaders”
“at 1,574 schools”
“About 7,000 schools, it said, had excessive balances, adding up to £495m”
“to just more than 7,000 schools”
“by the end of 2010-11”
“from 2011-12”
“The NAHT, which represents about 28,000 school leaders, says its research shows the real number of schools with uncommitted balances above the threshold allowed is much lower - at 1,574 schools. That would be equal to 7.5% of England's sch…”
“The NAHT, which represents about 28,000 school leaders, says...”
“He had attacked a pupil at All Saints' Roman Catholic School, Mansfield, in July 2009 after returning from several months' sick leave for stress and depression.”
“including Rwanda which has more than 20,000 pupils using them.”
“Mr Keller said the country already had an order for 70,000 more.”
“The partnership with the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aims to distribute half a million laptops to Palestinian children throughout the Middle East.”
“has begun to distribute a further 2,100 to a school in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza strip.”
“Some of the countries have already run small trials with the machines, including Rwanda which has more than 20,000 pupils using them.”
“In the deepest recession for over 70 years, with a fall in GDP of over 6%, pupil numbers have fallen by only 0.6%.”
“There are 10% more pupils at ISC schools now than there were in 1996.”
“The fall over the last year represents an average of only two pupils per ISC school.”
“The Independent Schools Council (ISC) census showed 511,886 pupils were being privately educated, compared with 514,531 last year - a fall of 0.6%.”
“The average private school fee per term was £4,186, excluding nursery fees.”
“The average boarding school fee per term was £8,003 and the average day fee was £3,571 per term.”
“The census showed the lowest fee increase for 16 years, with parents paying on average 4% more to educate their children this year.”
“A total of 161,605 pupils - 32.5% - received help with their fees and the value of this help totalled more than £660m a year.”
“More than 80% of assistance came directly from the schools themselves, with ISC schools providing more than £540m of assistance with fees in the academic year 2009-10.”
“The census revealed the pupil-teacher ratio stood at one teacher for every nine pupils, compared with an average of almost 17 pupils per teacher in maintained schools in England in 2009.”
“The survey showed 67,856 pupils were boarding at ISC schools, making up 13.3% of total pupil numbers, while 61% of ISC schools had no boarders at all.”
“The average boarding school fee per term was £8,003.”
“The average day fee was £3,571 per term.”
“The census revealed the pupil‑teacher ratio stood at one teacher for every nine pupils, compared with an average of almost 17 pupils per teacher in maintained schools in England in 2009.”
“The survey showed 67,856 pupils were boarding at ISC schools, making up 13.3% of total pupil numbers.”
“61% of ISC schools had no boarders at all.”
“The census was completed by 1,260 schools.”
“511,886 pupils were being privately educated, compared with 514,531 last year - a fall of 0.6%.”
“The tests - to be taken by about 600,000 children in the last year of primary school - are being boycotted by two teachers' unions, the National Association of Head Teachers and the National Union of Teachers.”
“The Department for Children, Schools and Families says planning for this year's tests is 'going ahead as scheduled'.”
“We will continue to advise head teachers to follow our industrial action advice and to keep the 2010 papers securely locked up.”
“current maximum of £3,225 paid by students”
“There were over 90 submissions, all of which we have made available.”
“representing 20 leading universities”
“next month”
“In Lewisham in south London, the council has to find space for the equivalent of an extra 17 reception classes by September.”
“In Surrey, the council says the birth rate has risen by 20% between 2002 and 2008 - which will mean having to create an extra 6,000 places in primary and secondary schools in the next four years.”
“And the Office for National Statistics says the rise in births between 2007 and 2008 alone will mean an extra 700 classrooms when these children reach school age.”
“Last year funding was given by the government to create an extra 15,000 primary places, as councils struggled to accommodate increasing numbers of children starting school.”
