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Policy Briefings

Stakeholder
Briefings

We regularly conduct surveys and roundtables on the key issues and challenges our schools are facing in order to ensure that the voices of North East school leaders are heard as widely as possible.

Our Stakeholder Briefings are designed to share this feedback with influential figures within the education sector, to help them understand the detail of what our schools are facing.

Press
Briefings

Keep up to date on Schools North East in the press.

Bitesize
Briefings

To keep our Partner Schools up-to-date on education policy developments and research, we send out one page briefings, summarising reports with key findings and the North East impact.

If you would like to receive our Bitesize Briefings, please sign up as a Partner School.


Bitesize Briefings are sent directly to Partner School members only. To access this critical information, now and in future, become a Partner School today. Click here to find out more.

Lessons Learnt?

This paper, authored by education policy expert Sam Freedman, looks at school policy reforms over the last few decades.

A country that works for all children and young people, an evidence-based plan for improving school attendance

This is the tenth in a series of Child of the North/Centre for Young Lives reports to be published during 2024 to support the Government’s Opportunity Mission vision for children.

The effect of Sure Start on youth misbehaviour, crime and contacts with children’s social care

This report extends previous IFS research into the impacts of Sure Start by studying the effect of the programme on school absences and suspensions, youth offending and children’s contacts with social care.

Autumn Budget 2024

Schools North East Responds to Labour Government's Budget Announcement on Education: A Step Forward, But Not Enough.
Full press release

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Support for children and young people with special educational needs

This report from the NAO assesses how well the current system is delivering for children and young people (from birth to 25 years) in England identified as having SEN. It also looks at DfE’s progress in addressing the underlying challenges to providing a sustainable system that achieves positive outcomes.

Non-specialist mental health support for young people in England

In this report, the EPI investigated the availability of nonspecialist mental health services for children and young people up to age 25. Data was collected on a range of publicly commissioned non specialist service types, including integrated care systems, local authorities and NHS trusts.