Education Policy Briefings | Schools North East

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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.

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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.

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Investigating educational disadvantage and place-based approaches in the North East of England

The EPI, in partnership with Durham University and the North East Combined Authority (NECA), brought together policymakers, school leaders and sector experts in a series of events investigating potential drivers of geographic educational inequalities and their implications for place-based policy.

Teacher Workforce: Secondary and Further Education

This NAO report assesses whether DfE is achieving value for money through its work to recruit and retain teachers in state funded secondary schools and further education colleges.

Closing the Workforce Quality Gap

This EPI report examines differences between the teaching workforces at schools with the most and least disadvantaged pupils.

Ofsted Report Card and DfE School Accountability Reform consultations

Ofsted and the Department for Education (DfE) are proposing significant changes that could reshape how schools are inspected, supported, and held accountable. These reforms include the introduction of Ofsted’s School Report Cards and the DfE’s School Profiles. This briefing covers feedback from school leaders in the North East, through surveys and roundtables.

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Teacher Recruitment and Retention in 2025

The Teacher Tapp and SchoolDash annual report on teacher recruitment and retention presents key trends and challenges from monitoring job advertisements and conducting surveys with over 10,000 teachers.

Roundtable with North Northumberland MP David Smith

Schools North East holds regular roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 10th April 2025, with David Smith MP and school leaders from the North Northumberland constituency.