pupils
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The Social Security department said it had approved 2,552 payments for 1,450 primary school pupils and 1,102 secondary school pupils for the start of the upcoming term.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
In 2025 62.5% of pupils achieved A* to C, 0.3 percentage points up on 2024.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Many subjects have seen a shift from final exams to class-based assessment and the first pupils to take the courses get Year 10 results on Thursday.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The two met at dancing class, where Fava was one of Iannotta's pupils, and started performing outdoors regularly in the summer since, as Iannotta puts it, they both "hate sitting around at home".
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
She had meant to take an hour’s catnap and be up well before her pupils, but the Incorrigibles had risen much earlier than usual, as children are apt to do on any long-awaited holiday.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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