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May
Guest Blog: Questioning professional learning
There are so many devilish temptations when offered an open brief for an educational blog post in May 2016. I could try to right some policy wrongs, perhaps by offering a
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May
Shadow Home Secretary visits North East School
Politics has been brought to life for students at Dame Allan’s Schools in Newcastle upon Tyne after a visit from Shadow Home Secretary, Andy Burnham. Mr Burnham was speaking to
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May
Dyke House Principal to take up dual academy role
The Trustees of Northern Education Trust (NET) have appointed Andrew Jordon, currently the Executive Principal of Dyke House Sports and Technology College, as the Executive
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May
'Rogue marker' leaked Sats test paper the day before exams
And in this week’s episode of The Thick Of It… The Department for Education is blaming a “rogue marker” for leaking the spelling, punctuation and grammar
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May
SCHOOLS NorthEast announces Ofsted Summer Term briefings
SCHOOLS NorthEast has set up a series of termly events with Ofsted to support schools in the region to stay current on all information regarding inspections. Each event will
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May
“Shambolic” education u-turns distracting North East schools from raising standards
Department for Education fast becoming “Ministry of Mass Confusion” after series of gaffes and u-turns Plans to force the conversion of all schools to academy status have
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