Three North East schools have been shortlisted in separate categories for the Tes Schools Awards 2022.
The document, which was released this week, outlining their eight priorities and four key values, was criticised by a number of teaching unions including ASCL, who stated that “It’s a shame that Ofsted doesn’t appear to recognise that the inspection system needs to be reformed.”
The Department for Education (DfE) has released statistics this week which show that there has been a significant increase in the number of Senior Leaders leaving their posts over the last five years.
Two students from King James I Academy in Bishop Auckland have had their work recognised in a national competition.
Over 120 School Business Professionals from special, hospital and alternative provision settings came to Nottingham to attend the first in-person National Network of Special Schools for School Business Professionals (NNoSS) Conference.
Westfield School welcomed two Deputy Lieutenants from the Tyne and Wear Lieutenancy this week to ‘Plant a tree for the Jubilee’.
ASCL and NAHT wrote to the Secretary of State for Education this week, about the ongoing impact of Covid-related disruption.
A primary school in South East Northumberland has taken its first steps towards becoming a certified ‘Eco School’ after receiving the FairAware Award from the Fairtrade Foundation.
The Department for Education released a summary of student attendance figures this week, showing a drop in all state-funded schools attendance.
The DfE released in-depth data this week on the National Tutoring Programme (NTP), with breakdowns by type of NTP delivery and by region. Previously, DfE had only released ad-hoc statistics.
The long awaited SEND review green paper was released this week. The SEND review sets out the government’s proposals for a system that ‘offers children and young people the opportunity to thrive, with access to the right support, in the right place, and at the right time, so they can fulfil their potential and lead happy, healthy and productive adult lives.’
Nearly 300 passionate NE schools’ educators gathered for the annual Schools North East Curriculum Conference yesterday, with delegates urged to develop the natural curiosity children have into effective and worthwhile learning. Delegates were joined by keynote speakers John Tomsett and Mick Waters and colleagues from NE schools delivering sessions on their curriculum.