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Apr
Patron's Dinner 2014
Earlier this year, over 220 partner schools, corporate partners and invited guests gathered at Ramside Hall in Durham to celebrate our region’s schools at the SCHOOLS NorthEast
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Mar
Primary Academy Chain Development Grant
From Avec Partnership The Department for Education recently announced the replacement of the £50k Primary Chains Grant with a new grant called Primary Academy Chain
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Dec
North East Primaries fare well in league tables
Last week, the DfE published the primary school league tables for 2013. The number of primary school children in England achieving a level 4 pass in reading, writing and
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Dec
The North East Challenge
Education minister David Laws has backed calls for a North East Challenge to drive up standards. It follows recent work by SCHOOLS NorthEast along with a range of local and
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Jan
Changes to the national Curriculum
The overhaul of the national curriculum in England is to be delayed by a year, with planned changes now going ahead in 2014. Education Secretary, Gove justified the delay stating
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Jan
Schools encouraged to tackle the takeaways
Schools are to be given new freedoms to help them to take-on takeaway outlets and boost the uptake of school lunches and tackle obesity. Currently, schools need special
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