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Wyvern Academy Business Support Officer shortlisted for National School Business Leader of the Year Award

Wyvern Academy Business Support Officer shortlisted for National School Business Leader of the Year Award (17th November, 2023)

Let’s start with three big cheers for Katie Ferguson, who has been shortlisted as a candidate for the National School Business Leader of the Year Award!

 

Hooray, Katie! This is brilliant news.

Houghton Nursery Celebrates Inclusive School Award

Houghton Nursery Celebrates Inclusive School Award (17th November, 2023)

Delighted to be throwing more good news your way, and this time, it’s from Houghton Community Nursery School!

 

The school, which is a large Local Authority (LA) maintained school, has achieved the IQM Inclusive School Award for Outstanding Education for Children.

Schools across the North East MAKE A NOISE for Anti-Bullying Week

Schools across the North East MAKE A NOISE for Anti-Bullying Week (17th November, 2023)

This week marked Anti-Bullying Week, and as such, schools across the North East celebrated the occasion by MAKING NOISE and… WEARING ODD SOCKS?

 

If you somehow managed to miss this memo, hang on, we’ll explain.

St Mary’s Catholic School was given top marks, despite Ofsted raising the bar

St Mary’s Catholic School was given top marks, despite Ofsted raising the bar (10th November, 2023)

Another outstanding secondary school in the North East? We’re not surprised to hear it, but we are absolutely thrilled.

 

Congratulations to St Mary’s Catholic School! The secondary school, based in Newcastle, received the highest Ofsted judgement of ‘Outstanding’ for all five key areas.

No paint, no gain: Students environmental artwork on display at SunderLight

No paint, no gain: Students environmental artwork on display at SunderLight (10th November, 2023)

Art is too important not to share; impressively, for students from Washington Academy, their artwork is now on display at SunderLight!

 

The school, which is part of Consilium Academies, has been working with Wonder Made Wild to create three pieces of work for SunderLight, a new venture to deliver a community-based light event for Sunderland.

Attendance crisis and lack of SEND guidance: When is enough, enough?

Attendance crisis and lack of SEND guidance: When is enough, enough? (10th November, 2023)

Schools in the North East are seeing significant increases in children and young people with profound additional needs, at the same time as significant decreases in overall pupil attendance.

 

The rapid rise in SEND students is adding to an already large backlog and this need is continuously going unmet, hampering educational outcomes for students.

Superstar school boy sprints for Stoma Awareness

Superstar school boy sprints for Stoma Awareness (10th November, 2023)

If your day has felt particularly stressful, or even just a little bleak, we’ve got a wonderful story that will surely cheer you up…

 

Jack Dale, a superstar eight-year-old from Shotton Colliery’s Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, took on a marathon challenge to raise over £1,000 for a cause close to his heart. 

Half term update from Schools North East

Half term update from Schools North East (26th October, 2023)

And just like that, the first half term of the 23/24 academic year is upon us, or has just passed us, depending on which part of the glorious North East you’re lucky enough to work in.

 

What a memorable (we’re being polite with that word) start to the academic year we’ve had. We could insert a concrete joke here, but we won’t…because it’s a bit of a grey area.

Thornhill Academy and Consilium Evolve triumph at Consilium Academies awards

Thornhill Academy and Consilium Evolve triumph at Consilium Academies awards (26th October, 2023)

We can all appreciate the opportunity to get our glad rags on, let our hair down, and celebrate excellence, which is exactly what happened for attendees of the Consilium Academies awards.

 

The ceremony was held at The Queens Hotel in Leeds on Friday 13 October – but this event was far from bad luck! Students and staff from Thornhill Academy and Consilium Evolve were delighted to attend.

Newcastle pupils empowered by ‘game changing life lessons’ from best-selling author and renowned podcaster

Newcastle pupils empowered by ‘game changing life lessons’ from best-selling author and renowned podcaster (26th October, 2023)

You know it’s going to be a good day at school when bestselling author and renowned podcaster Damian Hughes is set to visit. If only we had this opportunity when we were at school!

 

For pupils at Dame Allan’s Schools in Newcastle, this became a reality when the visiting professor recently delivered an empowering lecture on how to achieve sustained high performance.

Thomas Bewick School celebrates a ‘Good’ Ofsted inspection this autumn

Thomas Bewick School celebrates a ‘Good’ Ofsted inspection this autumn (26th October, 2023)

We’re approaching the end of another week, which means it’s time to celebrate another huge Ofsted win for our community!

 

This time, praise goes to Prosper Learning Trust who are delighted to share that Thomas Bewick School was inspected by Ofsted on 19 and 20 September, and were graded as a ‘Good’ as a result.

Secretary of State, Rachel de Souza, Sandwiches and Speeches: A recap of the spectacular #SNESummit23

Secretary of State, Rachel de Souza, Sandwiches and Speeches: A recap of the spectacular #SNESummit23 (20th October, 2023)

What an incredible day yesterday was… we’re still reeling from all the knowledge, insight, laughter, and, to be honest, all the love! The Annual Summit really does so well to prove why we have the best (yes the best) school community in the country.

 

Prove us wrong. Spoiler alert: You can’t.