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09
Sep

Government is ‘blinded’ by the structure of schools and risks ‘rewarding’ the few at the expense of many pupils

THE regional schools network, SCHOOLS NorthEast, today welcomed Theresa May’s commitment to tackling educational inequality, while urging the Government to focus more on

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08
Sep

Free online portal to be launched for marked exam scripts

From next year schools, will be able to download all marked Edexcel GCSE and A-level exam scrips for free, a move that SCHOOLS NorthEast called for in the exam board consultation

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08
Sep

North East MEPs seek schools' views on regional Brexit plan

Jude Kirton-Darling and Paul Brannen, the North East’s Labour MEPs, are launching a consultation to understand what the region needs from an exit negotiation from the EU. This

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08
Sep

Olympian expectations

As another cohort of A’Level results are published and Liz Nicholls, the CEO of UK Sport announces that the UK is now a sports superpower, perceptions of our Olympic success in

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08
Sep

North East becomes region with highest proportion of Pupil Premium eligible pupils

The North East has overtaken London as the region with the highest proportion of pupils eligible for Pupil Premium. The numbers in our region have seen a slight decrease, but less

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08
Sep

Gateshead in top ten best performing LA areas at SATs

Primary schools in Gateshead managed to break into the top 10 best performing across the country at KS2. The recently published statistics on national curriculum assessments at

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