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Children from St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School visited the community allotment which has been set up at St. Aidan’s Catholic Academy. The venture between the two schools, which are both part of Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust, is part of St Aidan’s drive to be more sustainable.

Our 10th annual SBM conference took place at St. James’ Park on Thursday 15 June 2023 and followed the theme ‘Education: The Greatest Show on Earth’.  A tribute to the region’s amazing school business professionals who do such an incredible job of ‘keeping the show on the road’.

Congratulations to pupils and staff at Morpeth First School! The school is celebrating after becoming the only First School in the country to be awarded the Quality Mark Plus Award for Character Education, by the Association for Character Education (ACE).

St. Teresa’s Catholic Primary School under-11 team progressed through two rounds of competitions to reach the Nationals Finals of the Pokemon U11 Small School’s Cup at the King Power Stadium, Leicester on Wednesday 7 June. The Newcastle school is part of the Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust.https://twitter.com/SCHOOLSNE

Education ministers took departmental questions in the House of Commons this week. Shadow Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson MP, first asked about the ongoing disputes over teacher pay, and why the independent pay review body’s recommendations hadn’t been published.

Schools North East are proud to announce the election of our next Chair as well as the appointment of two new Vice Chairs.

In May, students from across the country joined Walk to School Week. Ian Levy MP for Blyth Valley met with pupils from Malvin’s Close Academy as they walked to school and learned how students are finding ways to be active on the school run. Malvin’s is part of the Wise Academies Trust.

Errington Primary School in Marske has been judged to remain a ‘good’ school by Ofsted following their visit on 29-30th March 2023. The school was last inspected in 2016 and converted to an academy, joining Tees Valley Collaborative Trust, in 2018.

The third session of the House of Commons Education Committee’s inquiry into persistent absence and support for disadvantaged children took place this week, with questions focussing on wider support children and young people receive to improve attendance.

This month, students throughout the region took their SATS. This year’s papers have left educators throughout the country concerned due to the wording and difficulty of some reading papers that appeared confusing even to school staff.

Minister for Children, Families, and Wellbeing, Claire Coutinho MP, gave evidence this week to the Education Select Committee, speaking about the Government’s SEND and AP improvement plan.

On the 4th of May, Year 5 children from Springfield Academy in Darlington travelled to the Houses of Parliament, for an educational visit following a successful bid to fund the trip.