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Nov
View from the Summit...
I nearly didn’t make it to the SCHOOLS NorthEast Summit last month. I only gave myself an hour to get from Durham to Newcastle (!) and after the umpteenth traffic jam I
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Nov
Government urged to make mental health teaching in schools as important as literacy and numeracy
A new report reveals a lack of connection between the education system and the child and adolescent mental health system and calls for a new framework for schools that would put
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Nov
New research and leading educationalists call for schools to take speaking seriously
A coalition of educationalists, schools and academics are calling for a much greater emphasis on teaching all children and young people spoken communication skills, to improve
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Nov
New and existing grammars will have to demonstrate how they'll improve the "social mix", says Schools Minister
“Strict conditions” will be implemented to increase the number of pupils from poor backgrounds in selective schools and they will apply to new and existing grammar
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Nov
Standards and Testing Agency deemed "broadly" fit for purpose, despite "lack of strategy and oversight"
A new review into the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) found a lack of “end-to-end strategy”, data and oversight, as well as a “defensive and silo
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Nov
Northern primary schools are least likely to be coasting
Only 22 primary schools in the North (2.1% out of a total of 1,054) were found to be coasting after the release of provisional 2016 school performance results, according to the
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