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Changes at the RSC North office

The start of the new academic year has seen a number of changes at the office of the Regional Schools Commissioner for the North. Janet Renou will be supported by two new Deputy

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Conservative Party Conference

Following on from last week’s report on the Labour Party Conference, SCHOOLS NorthEast Director Mike Parker attended the Conservative Party Conference to get the latest on

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School's careers programme proves successful one year on

One year after its launch, the Aspirations Programme, created by Hartlepool’s Dyke House Sports & Technology College (Dyke House), is already making great progress in

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Getting the priorities right: Pupil Premium and Closing the gap

“I dislike the ethos of so many of our comprehensives, where the imperative is to drag up the bovine thickos to some agreeably semi-literate level while the bright kids can go

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Grindon Hall school founders resign fearing it will "lose its Christian ethos"

Three founders of the school have resigned over fears that its faith ethos and its pupils’ exam performances will not survive a takeover by a new sponsor. Elizabeth Gray and

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National campaign against grammar school plans launched at Labour Party Conference

  Jeremy Corbyn said Labour members will “hit the streets” to expose the Conservative Party’s “divisive and damaging agenda”. The newly

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