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Commenting on today’s announcement from the Prime Minister on a three year additional funding plan for schools in England, Schools North East Director of Operations Chris Zarraga said, ‘We welcome the government’s decision to respond to the repeated calls from ourselves and other organisations, to resolve the funding crisis in education. However, schools will not …
Continue reading Schools North East response to Prime Minister Schools Funding Announcement
Congratulations to all of our students on the results they have received today across the region. While there have been many great successes for students and schools, regionally, the North East has seen decreases in both pass rates and top grades. This decline now sets us further behind other regions in KS4 achievement. 1 Today’s …
Congratulations to all pupils, teachers and schools for their hard work and success. Today’s A Level results show that the North East has been the only region to see an improvement in top grades, rising to 23%, while nationally top grades have fallen by 0.9%. Data also shows that our pass rate has risen once …
Continue reading North East improves rate of top grades despite challenges of long term deprivation
In response to a story that states children in disadvantaged parts of the North are 18 months behind their wealthier peers. The EPI’s Annual Report, released yesterday, highlights that nationally the gap between disadvantaged students and the rest of their peers has widened at the secondary level. For primary schools, the disadvantage gap continues to …
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