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Jul
Sunderland dad's anger over school ice cream treat for good attendance
A Sunderland dad has hit out at a school reward scheme which he claims is ‘cruel’. Graham Robson said the new treat at Hasting Hill Academy of an ice cream from a visiting van
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Jul
Data shows North East exclusions hotspots
New statistics released by the DfE show exclusion rates in some areas of the North East remain significantly higher than the national average. The region’s fixed period
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Jul
National funding formula delayed by another year
The Department for Education has delayed the full roll-out of the “hard” national funding formula for schools for another year. A document published yesterday afternoon
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Jul
Record year of achievements for SCHOOLS NorthEast
It has been a record year here at SCHOOLS NorthEast, and in some respects a year of firsts. We expanded the team last summer, and since then our engagement, our output and our
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Jul
Sir David Carter 'worried' about non-teachers leading MATs
It is worrying that academy trusts will increasingly be led by people from business with no experience of teaching, the National Schools Commissioner has said. Sir David Carter
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Jul
Private tutors 'should face DBS criminal record checks'
The UK’s biggest teaching union has called for all private home tutors to face criminal record checks before being allowed to work with children. The National Education
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