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26/01/2012
Govt Needs Clear Plan For Schools
The Labour Party has called on the Government to establish a "clear plan" on education after official figures revealed that 'behind' students were failing to catch up.
According to Thursday's figures, just one in 15 (6.5%) pupils starting secondary school in England that were for their age went on to get five good GCSEs.
Overall, 58.2% of pupils reach the five good GCSEs benchmark.
Stephen Twigg MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, responding to the data on school performance saying the Government needed a "clear plan" to raise standards in all schools in England.
"While many pupils, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds are not achieving their potential, the Government is promoting pet projects over real need.
“The Government needs to focus on the 3Rs as well. In the last term of a Labour Government, the numbers of pupils in all schools getting A*-C GCSE grades in English and Maths alone rose from 46.8% in 2006 to 54% in 2010. But if the Government wants to promote English and Maths across the education system it cannot simply focus its attention on the minority of academies and free schools, or the Ebacc which is only taken by around one in eight pupils."
(DW)
According to Thursday's figures, just one in 15 (6.5%) pupils starting secondary school in England that were for their age went on to get five good GCSEs.
Overall, 58.2% of pupils reach the five good GCSEs benchmark.
Stephen Twigg MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, responding to the data on school performance saying the Government needed a "clear plan" to raise standards in all schools in England.
"While many pupils, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds are not achieving their potential, the Government is promoting pet projects over real need.
“The Government needs to focus on the 3Rs as well. In the last term of a Labour Government, the numbers of pupils in all schools getting A*-C GCSE grades in English and Maths alone rose from 46.8% in 2006 to 54% in 2010. But if the Government wants to promote English and Maths across the education system it cannot simply focus its attention on the minority of academies and free schools, or the Ebacc which is only taken by around one in eight pupils."
(DW)
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