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09
Jul

Children and young people at the heart of decisions, says new Ofqual Chief Regulator

On Tuesday, the government’s preferred candidate for Chief Regulator of Ofqual, Jo Saxton, faced a pre-appointment hearing with the House of Commons’ Education Select

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09
Jul

Inspirational Sunderland school honoured in prestigious UK celebration of teaching

Selected from thousands of nominations, Hudson Road Primary School has been honoured as one of 102 Pearson National Teaching Silver Award winners across the country. Hudson Road

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09
Jul

Thomas Walling secures ‘Good’ Ofsted judgement

Thomas Walling Primary Academy, a member of the Laidlaw Schools Trust, has been  judged as ‘Good’ following the previous judgement of ‘Inadequate’ in 2019.  The

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09
Jul

Newcastle Schools Achievement Awards 2021

The annual NSAAs held on 22 June and were a little different to the events run over the past 15+ years.  In the pre-COVID times the Banqueting Suite in the Civic Centre would

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02
Jul

Pressures grow for reform of Covid processes amid rises in Covid-related absences

In the past few weeks, rising Covid cases have led to significant disruption in schools, leading to calls for change in how schools respond to positive cases. The most recent

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02
Jul

Government proposals ‘not enough to deliver the kind of recovery we need’

Sir Kevan Collins, former government advisor on education recovery, spoke this week to MPs on the education select committee. Sir Kevan was asked about his former role, and his

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