Boost for pupils in test fears.MORE than 3,000 children in Coventry Coventry, city, England Coventry (kŏv`əntrē, kŭv`–), city (1991 pop. 318,718) and metropolitan district, central England. Coventry is an industrial center noted for its automobile production. and Warwickshire Warwickshire (wŏ`rĭkshĭr), county (1991 pop. 477,000), 975 sq mi (2,525 sq km), central England. The county seat is Warwick. The terrain is gently rolling, with outcroppings of the Cotswold Hills in the south. are to get one to one teaching as part of a government initiative to stop them falling behind with school work. There are 2,600 pupils in Warwickshire schools and 1,900 pupils in Coventry schools who will get ten hours of the extra help to make sure they reach the expected levels for their age in reading, writing, science and maths. Schools are in the process of choosing the pupils to benefit. They are choosing youngsters who lives in children's homes and with foster parents who generally do worse in tests those living with their parents. They will also choose children whose tests results show they are behind for their age or at risk of falling behind. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion