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27
Oct

Exam boards – Chief Regulator to meet North East heads after SCHOOLS NorthEast lobby

Last month, SCHOOLS NorthEast made a call for evidence to secondary schools, as we investigated Head Teachers’ concerns around exam boards. The response was fantastic and your

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22
Oct

Northern Education Trust makes five new appointments

The Northern Education Trust (NET), one of the largest multi-academy, not-for-profit trusts in northern England, has recently made five key appointments as it adds further weight

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22
Oct

Gateshead community, the driving force behind school's new library bus

Parkhead Community Primary School has just finished a project to convert an old Canadian ‘blue bird’ bus into a new library. The school and community fund-raised £10,500 to

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22
Oct

Online cross-age peer tuition is a feasible transition intervention for schools

Written by Wayne Harrison, PhD Student (ESRC funded) Durham University As part of an ESRC Funded PhD at Durham University a feasibility study has trialled a new type of transition

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22
Oct

More persistent school absentees in Middlesbrough than anywhere else in England, DfE stats show

Middlesbrough is the local authority area with the highest number of persistent secondary school absentees in the country – 11.3%, an increase of 1% on last year. The North

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22
Oct

Exam boards - Chief Regulator to meet North East heads after SCHOOLS NorthEast lobby

Last month, SCHOOLS NorthEast made a call for evidence to secondary schools, as we investigated Head Teachers’ concerns around exam boards. The response was fantastic and

Read story