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Justine Greening has said that improving social mobility is "far more complex" than deciding whether a school is selective. The comments from the former Education Secretary, who resigned from her position in the cabinet in January 2018, came after her successor, Damian Hinds, said he wanted to see existing grammar schools expand. Ms Greening was speaking …
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A charity has this week released figures showing that a third of pupils who looked for support for mental health issues from their school or college had problems getting it. The YoungMinds charity, which campaigns for better mental health support for children and young people, has released the figures to coincide with its 25th anniversary. They …
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A new report by the Children's Commissioner says that Northern schools feel unsupported by their Regional Schools Commissioners, who fail to communicate “any plan” for the area. Anne Longfield, who oversees children’s rights in England, found “very little evidence” of thorough work by RSCs, academy trusts or councils to tackle low pupil attainment at northern …
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Children growing up in Northern England face a double whammy of embedded economic disadvantage and ineffective schools, according to a new report from England’s Children's Commissioner Anne Longfield. The key findings in Growing Up North, launched in Leeds on Monday, are: Nursery attendance is higher in the North, but children are still less likely to achieve …
Careers and Enterprise Company's Chief Operating Officer Natalie Cramp told delegates at SCHOOLS NorthEast's FutureReady18 conference that North East schools were instrumental in the creation of the Government's new Careers Strategy. Speaking to the packed crowd, Ms Cramp said: "North East schools were instrumental in the development of the Government's new statutory Careers Strategy. "The …
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/northumberland-mp-urges-parents-troubled-14463018 - Chronicle Live, Northumberland MP urges parents at troubled Berwick Academy to talk to her in confidence. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/north-east-schools-worst-best-14461907 - Chronicle Live, These are the North East schools with the worst and best attendance records. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/norths-children-being-down-poverty-14454810 – Chronicle Live, The North’s children are being let down by poverty and poor schools. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/parent-slams-northumberland-school-losing-14445777 - Chronicle Live, …
The Secretary of State remained non-committal on the question of expanding Opportunity Areas to the North East in his first appearance before the Education Select Committee this week. Asked by Gateshead MP Ian Mearns “How many times will we have to raise the fact” that there are no Opportunity Areas in the region before Ministers …
New DfE statistics show unauthorised absence in England and the North East at an all-time high. In England, the rate of unauthorised pupil absence rose from 1.1% in 2015-16 to 1.3% in 2016-17, the highest since records began. In the North East, the figure rose from 1.3 in 2015-16 to 1.5 in 2016-17, the highest …
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The Department for Education is removing a 'millstone' of debt that has made academy trusts wary of sponsoring some schools in financial difficulties. It comes despite the opposition of local councils, which have warned that the change could saddle them with millions of pounds of debt. Currently, when a maintained school that has a deficit is forced to become …
Following the the announcement of a 6.5% settlement for nurses and NHS staff, Britain's largest teaching union is calling for a 5% pay rise for those in schools too. The annual conference of the National Union of Teachers, shortly to merge and become the National Education Union, will consider a motion for a pay claim …
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