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The House of Commons Education Select Committee opened its inquiry into persistent absence and support for disadvantaged pupils this week, taking evidence from Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza.

Congratulations to St Anthony’s Girls’ Catholic Academy on achieving a rating of ‘good’ following their most recent Ofsted inspection.

Yesterday, the DfE released the long awaited  SEND and Alternative Provision (AP) Improvement Plan. The plan follows up on the initial vision for reform in the SEND Green Paper of March 2022.

South Hylton Primary Academy, in Sunderland, celebrated American Black History Month this year with a meeting between students and Sophia Danenberg, an American mountain climbing pioneer. South Hylton is part of the Laidlaw Schools Trust.

On Thursday, 2nd of March students, schools and teachers throughout the region celebrated World Book Day.

Education ministers took departmental questions in the House of Commons this week. Shadow Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson MP, said that reform of childcare and the education system would be central to the next Labour Government, and asked why the Government had failed to make education a priority.

Today the Local Government Association (LGA), has joined the many organisations, including Schools North East, urging the government to extend FSM. Similar to what Schools North East previously proposed last February, the LGA are campaigning for an automatic enrolment process to help vulnerable children access FSM.

Schools North East would like to say congratulations to The Grangefield Academy, in Stockton-on-Tees, who have received an Ofsted result of Outstanding in all categories.

The Royal Grammar School (RGS), in Newcastle, has an extensive programme of Partnership Activities with schools across the region. In the school year 2021-22, their work reached over 7,000 students and 300 teachers from more than 75 schools in the North-East.

Over December and January, Schools North East held its Trustee elections with a record turnout of responses from our Partner Schools. The results were extremely close with all candidates receiving a high proportion of the votes cast.

The DfE has announced that they will be dropping two of the key proposed policies for academisation made in their ‘Opportunity for All’ White Paper published last March.

This week, schools and students throughout the North East took part in Children’s Mental Health Week.