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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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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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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
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Oct
Summit 2015: Feedback and survey winners announced
A week has passed since the SCHOOLS NorthEast annual Summit took place and we would like to thank everyone again for making this a very successful event. We’ve asked our
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Oct
Natasha Devon MBE: Advice for a North East Mental Health Commission (Guest Blogger)
I’ll admit that, back when I took my first tentative steps into an Essex based secondary school in late 2007, I wasn’t aware of the scale of the mental health and
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Oct
Summit 2015: Her Majesty's Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw
A full transcript of Sir Michael Wilshaw’s keynote speech at the SCHOOLS NorthEast Summit 2015 is available
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