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07
Jan

New Principal while colleges await merger decision

Joanna Bailey has been appointed as the interim Principal of Prior Pursglove College, taking over from Judy Burton who has now retired from the post. Ms Bailey is also currently

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07
Jan

Festive food porn and tempting teacher training 'titbits'

John Lewis, Marks and Spencer and The House of Fraser were not the only organisations to use the holiday season as a means of touting their wares to the general public. In amongst

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07
Jan

New Year Honours list 2016: people working in education and children's services in the North East

The 2016 New Year Honours list of people working in education and children’s services was published on 30 December. Congratulations to everyone in the North East who was

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07
Jan

New academy hub for areas of "significant educational challenges" in the North East

The Government is setting up a new academy hub for the North East Coast and Darlington in the second wave of a £10m initiative to improve school standards across the north of

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17
Dec

Regional Schools Commissioners no longer judged by number of academies in their area

Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) will no longer be judged on the percentage of academies in their areas, as the key performance indicators used to judge the quality of RSCs

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17
Dec

Term round-up: biggest education announcements

It has been an incredibly busy term in the education policy field and even though we are certain you have been kept up to date by the press, the myriad of GOV.uk updates and

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