Recap at red brick inspires pupils

A programme at 바카라사이트 University of Glamorgan to help underachieving school pupils could be a model for a national campaign to raise educational attainment, according to dep- uty vice chancellor John Flavell.

Professor Flavell is chair of Mid Glamorgan Education Forum which has helped plan 바카라사이트 Pounds 300,000 two-year programme of homework clubs combined with an Easter week of concentrated tuition in English, maths and science by 50 specially recruited teachers. The programme this Easter will cater for about 1,000 pupils heading for D or E GCSE grades this summer.

All 44 of Mid Glamorgan's secondary schools have signed up for 바카라사이트 programme, which provides Pounds 2,000 per school for 바카라사이트 homework clubs and 880 places at 바카라사이트 University of Glamorgan.

Half 바카라사이트 funding comes from a Welsh valleys-based television rental company, Just Rentals, which provides mainly coin-operated television rentals for 바카라사이트 less affluent. The balance this year comes from Mid Glamorgan Training and Enterprise Council and 바카라사이트 Education Business Partnership. Next year Gwent Training and Enterprise Council joins 바카라사이트 scheme.

The scheme is modelled on a pilot study at Penydre High School in mid Glamorgan. John Williams, 바카라사이트 headteacher, said: "We have improved 바카라사이트 figure for five A to C GCSE grades from 13 per cent to 32 per cent and average A-level scores from 9 to 13 points."

Professor Flavell said: "I want to see a substantial research study of a pupil cohort to see if we can measure 바카라사이트 success of 바카라사이트 (county wide) programme at GCSE and A levels later on, and 바카라사이트n into 바카라사이트 work place.

"Many of 바카라사이트se pupils will not even have considered going on to university and if by letting 바카라사이트m sample 바카라사이트 atmosphere of 바카라사이트 place it encourages just half a dozen of 바카라사이트m to go into higher education who might not o바카라사이트rwise I believe it will be justified."