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The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), a social purpose company and one of the world's foremost organisations in changing human behaviour, is offering schools the opportunity to develop a deep and nuanced understanding of their students' motivations, beliefs and aspirations for the future. The BIT alongside the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for …
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#pyjamagate…. #pyjamageddon… the last few days of my headship life were definitely not covered by my teacher training, my NPQH, or indeed Masters of Education in Leadership. What it has taught me, which will be an excellent real-life example for our ICT curriculum at school, is the power of social media and how small the …
GOING LIVE: The region's new recruitment portal, created by schools for schools, was launched today by SCHOOLS NorthEast. Jobs in Schools|North East aims to bring all vacancies – teaching and non-teaching – in the region’s schools into one place to create a one-stop-shop for candidates to access career opportunities. Operating on a not-for-profit basis, the …
Schools must now allow equal airtime to the non-academic routes pupils can take post-16, in a bid to improve careers guidance and end "outdated snobbery" towards apprenticeships. Plans to end the "second class perception of technical and professional education" will see apprenticeships providers and staff from colleges visit schools as part of careers advice from …
Recruiting Head Teachers in remote and deprived areas is most challenging, as leadership role applications experience a drop nationally, a new report reveals. The document published by the Future Leaders Trust says the struggle is amplified by the increasingly negative attitudes towards headship roles. It cites high levels of stress, workload associated with school accountability …
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Carla asked a question, ‘Can you write a few words for the SCHOOLS NorthEast website? Yes, probably. Will it be the ‘coherent summary of my view of the current educational landscape’ they hoped for? Well, probably not. This week lets call it a ‘Rambling Rant from a Head Teacher.’ I am now quite old. When I learned …
Schools that opted in to the Progress 8 pilot in 2015 are having their data published for the first time. Four out of the eight schools participating in our region performed above the national average of -0.03 (Progress 8) and 48.4 (Attainment 8). Two schools are below the floor standard of -0.5. The national list …
In recent years students have, rightly in my opinion, come to have a greater say in their schools thanks to a commitment to ‘student voice’ activities. There has also been a strong push from DfE that every school should have a student council but is this a good idea and does it actually support the …
Ofsted regional director, Nick Hudson, has written to Middlesbrough Council to raise concerns about standards in primary education in the town. According to a report in the Middlesbrough Evening Gazette, the letter describes primary standards as “weak” and “inexcusable”. The report said poor results at primary stages “leave [pupils] at a significant disadvantage as they …
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Almost 65% of pupils in our region scored 5+A*-C grades at GCSE level, below the national average of 66.5% in the latest performance tables. The highest performing Local Authority area in the North East is North Tyneside, where 72% of pupils achieved 5+ A*-C grades. They also topped the national average of 91% for 5+A*-G grades …
Continue reading How the North East ranked in revised GCSE league tables
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