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Stakeholder
Briefings

We regularly conduct surveys and roundtables on the key issues and challenges our schools are facing in order to ensure that the voices of North East school leaders are heard as widely as possible.

Our Stakeholder Briefings are designed to share this feedback with influential figures within the education sector, to help them understand the detail of what our schools are facing.

Bitesize
Briefings

To keep our Partner Schools up-to-date on education policy developments and research, we send out one page briefings, summarising reports with key findings and the North East impact.

If you would like to receive our Bitesize Briefings, please sign up as a Partner School.

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Briefings

Keep up to date on Schools North East in the press.

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Submissions

Keep up to date with our letters in the educational setting.

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Bitesize Briefings are sent directly to Partner School members only. To access this critical information, now and in future, become a Partner School today. Click here to find out more.

SEND in England – How we got to crisis point, and why we need reform of the system

This County Councils Network report provides an updated national picture of demand, provision, financial pressures and outcomes in England’s SEND system.

High-SEND schools: Understanding the uneven distribution of pupils with SEND across England’s mainstream schools

This NFER report presents emerging insights into the uneven distribution of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) across mainstream schools in England. It draws on analysis of National Pupil Database data and interviews with 10 local authority (LA) staff.

Modifying school choice for more equitable access in England

This report from the University of Bristol investigates how England’s secondary school admissions system affects educational inequality and models alternative admissions policies that could make access to effective schools fairer.

Curriculum and Assessment Review Final Report

Schools North East welcomes the publication of the Curriculum and Assessment Review Final Report, and the government’s response, bringing some measure of much needed clarity on how
the government will progress on reform of the education system. Additionally, aspects of the
report reflect recommendations made in our submission to the review. However, the review and
government’s response fails to tackle the deeper structural challenges facing schools in regions
with entrenched disadvantage and increasingly stretched resources.

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Home to School Transport

Home to school transport is one of the fastest-growing areas of spending for local authorities. This NAO report examines the reasons for this.

Stop failing poor children: a new plan

This report is written by Jonathan Slater, former Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education. Drawing on over 100 interviews and roundtables with education experts, leaders, and policymakers, the report examines why England’s education system continues to fail large numbers of pupils from low-income families, particularly the white working-class.

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