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This week, schools across the region have celebrated the life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Last week, Heads, teachers, governors, school staff, and students from across the North East gathered to give thanks to Trust CEO and Schools North East Trustee Dame Maura Regan DBE as she celebrated her upcoming retirement after an incredible 43 years in education.

During 2021/2022, Schools North East partnered with the Community Foundation to make £110,000 of funding available for Tyne & Wear schools looking to develop their cultural, sporting or careers provision for disadvantaged and looked-after children.https://twitter.com/SCHOOLSNE

As the school year comes to an end, North East Schools are speaking up with pride about their new Ofsted ratings. Springfield Academy, part of The Education Village Academy Trust in Darlington recently achieved a higher grade of ‘good’ following their previous ratings of ‘requires improvement’ in both 2018 and 2016. All schools within The Education Village trust are now on a rating of ‘good’.

This week, Schools North East has been reaching out to the region’s schools to offer our thanks for the amazing work we have seen this year. Chris Zarraga, Director of Schools North East, sent the following message to all North East school staff in recognition of their superb performance throughout one of the most difficult years schools have seen to date:

Sunderland based Town End Associate Research School (TEARS) has been designated by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) as a full research school from September 2023.

This week, schools from the 29 schools within the Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust, a Schools North East Partner Trust, gathered at the iconic Durham Cathedral to perform Footsteps into Paradise.

Academy 360, in Sunderland, celebrated this week after recently receiving an Ofsted grade of ‘good’, an amazing result over its previous rating of ‘inadequate’ in 2016.

Over a quarter of North East schools upgraded in post-Covid inspections 

Schools in the North East were invited to sing in a number of locations in Newcastle City Centre last week to take part in the Newcastle Sings Schools’ Festival Day.

Nadhim Zahawi MP took education questions in the House of Commons on Monday, prior to this week’s cabinet reshuffle. It was likewise Will Quince MP’s last department questions, following his resignation from the DfE ministerial team.

Pupils at South Hylton held their very own Pride Day to celebrate diversity, difference and promote understanding.