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Last week, Heads, teachers, governors, school staff, and students from across the North East gathered to give thanks to Trust CEO and Schools North East Trustee Dame Maura Regan DBE as she celebrated her upcoming retirement after an incredible 43 years in education. Dame Maura Regan Maura became a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent …
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As the school year comes to an end, North East Schools are speaking up with pride about their new Ofsted ratings. Springfield Academy, part of The Education Village Academy Trust in Darlington recently achieved a higher grade of ‘good’ following their previous ratings of ‘requires improvement’ in both 2018 and 2016. All schools within The …
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This week, Schools North East has been reaching out to the region’s schools to offer our thanks for the amazing work we have seen this year. Chris Zarraga, Director of Schools North East, sent the following message to all North East school staff in recognition of their superb performance throughout one of the most difficult …
During 2021/2022, Schools North East partnered with the Community Foundation to make £110,000 of funding available for Tyne & Wear schools looking to develop their cultural, sporting or careers provision for disadvantaged and looked-after children. Funding for the North East Projects funded through this partnership continue to take place in the region. Around £4,000 per …
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Northern Education Trust (NET) are celebrating their Primary Academies this week following Key Stage 2 SAT results that buck the national trend. NET currently sponsors 21 Academies – 10 primary and 11 secondary – making it one of the largest Multi Academy Trusts in the North of England. All 19 of their Trust academies which have …
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Academy 360, in Sunderland, celebrated this week after recently receiving an Ofsted grade of ‘good’, an amazing result over its previous rating of ‘inadequate’ in 2016. The academy, now part of the Laidlaw Schools Trust, has made incredible progress since their last inspection. Academy 360’s development being recognised by Ofsted in this way is fantastic …
This week, schools from the 29 schools within the Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust, a Schools North East Partner Trust, gathered at the iconic Durham Cathedral to perform Footsteps into Paradise. Students between 8-18 collaborated with local performer Mike Mcgrother for the concert as part of Bishop Chadwick’s Journeys of Hope project. Journey to Celebrate …
Sunderland based Town End Associate Research School (TEARS) has been designated by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) as a full research school from September 2023. The Research Schools Network aims to lead the industry with evidence-based practice whilst bringing research closer to schools. TEARS is based within Town End Academy, part of WISE Academies. School-led …
Over a quarter of North East schools upgraded in post-Covid inspections This academic year saw the first full year (except for a few weeks in response to the outbreak of the Omicron variant) of routine inspections since the new Ofsted education inspection framework (EIF) was introduced in 2019. Additionally, Ofsted announced earlier this academic year …
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We live in interesting political times. Amidst all of the turbulence this week in Westminster, a new Secretary of State for Education was briefly appointed after Nadhim Zahawi’s promotion to Chancellor. Michelle Donelan, who was previously the universities minister became the third Education Secretary this academic year. But her tenure lasted a short time, resigning …
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