Let the 23/24 Academic Year Commence!

And just like that, summer 2023 has come to an end. Sunsets are getting earlier and sunrises later, and the ice cream van has begun circling the streets a little less often. And the schools have returned for a brand new academic year! We hope the first week back was a positive one for you, …

Round Up: Results Day 2023

Wow, what an incredible eight days it has been! On August 17 we had the pleasure of watching thousands of students across the North East open their A-Level, T Level, and BTec results; on August 25, GCSE results followed. Firstly, we want to say another huge ‘congratulations’ to all students and staff on their outstanding …

First ever Community Champion Awards are a massive success

The first ever Northern Leaders Trust’s Community Champion Awards have proved a massive success, with seven outstanding young people, all from Newcastle schools, each picking up an award. Community Champion Awards Guest speakers, Chi Onwurah, Labour MP for Newcastle Central, and Naomi Riches MBE, Paralympic gold medal winner, shared their personal stories and the barriers …

Tees Valley Collaborative Trust forge links

Year 7 pupils from Marske are looking to the future with high aspirations thanks to links forged between Errington Primary School in Marske and Prior Pursglove College in Guisborough which are both academies in Tees Valley Collaborative Trust. Ambition Prior The scheme, called ‘Ambition Prior’, was conceived by the Trust’s CEO Joanna Bailey as a …

Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School celebrate golden anniversary

Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School celebrated their 50th anniversary by inviting staff, parents and pupils with a connection to the school to an open afternoon event on Monday 3rd July. Staff had found a collection of photos and created a gallery for people to try and spot themselves, friends and teachers. Good memories Everyone …

Another glowing report for ‘Outstanding’ Sunderland school

Congratulations to St Aidan’s Catholic Academy in Sunderland, which is part of Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust for achieving an ‘Outstanding’ rating in their most recent Ofsted inspection. An ‘Outstanding’ report Lead inspector Mark Taylor highlighted in his report that: “All staff are outstanding role models in promoting servant leadership. The headteacher, senior leaders and …

Walbottle Village Primary School PTA say a very colourful `Thank you`

The PTA of Walbottle Village Primary School organised a colour-run obstacle course as a way of saying thank you to the pupils for all their hard work over the past year. A successful 12 months Walbottle's PTA is a small team of willing volunteers who, over the past 12 months, have organised costume swaps for …

Endeavour Academy win citizenship award

Endeavour Academy in Durham have been recognised at the Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT) Awards for their students’ outstanding research into children’s mental health. ACT Awards On Thursday 29 June, at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society ACT hosted their second annual Citizenship Teaching Awards. The evening paid tribute to the many teachers and …

Cooking up a storm – but not breaking the bank

Bridgewater Primary School has partnered with the charity Healthworks to create a new recipe book called ‘Air Fry and Eat Well’ that has been inspired by a project to drive down the energy costs for Scotswood residents. ‘Air Fry and Eat Well’ Earlier this year, and for the past five years, the charity received circa …

Churchill Community College enables pupils to receive Pledge Awards

Churchill Community College secured funding from Schools North East’s partnership with the Community Foundation to engage their pupils in a variety of extracurricular activities in order to achieve the Pledge Award. The overall aim of the project was to support more students to achieve the Pledge awards which are given in areas of Participation, Leadership, …