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The Department for Education announced yesterday the second stage of its consultation on developing a fairer funding formula for schools.
We analysed the data released with the consultation papers and pulled together a few key points for the region and at LA area level. Click below to read the key points.
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| North East primary schools vie with London for best in class title |
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Primary schools in the North East continue to be the strongest of any region outside of London despite receiving half the funding of schools in the capital, according to new data published today. Sunderland, Gateshead, Redcar & County Durham rank in top 25 of all English LAs in KS2 national curriculum assessments.
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| New funding formula fails ‘fairness’ test, as £3bn cuts loom over school budgets |
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SCHOOLS NorthEast has always supported the overhaul of the current funding formula as long as the result is fair to all schools in the country. But the arrangements announced yesterday by the Education Secretary fall short of ensuring all schools will receive the necessary funds to deliver education of the highest standards.
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| 'Schools that work for everyone': SCHOOLS NorthEast consultation response |
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Based on extensive consultation with school leaders from across the North East, including a workshop and a detailed survey, SCHOOLS NorthEast submitted a response to the Government's consultation on the Green Paper proposals.
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End of term note from SCHOOLS NorthEast
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Director Mike Parker outlines the organisation's achievements during the Autumn term and gives a glimpse of what to expect in the New Year.
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Round-up of green paper consultation responses
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Schools Week has put together a summary of ten green paper consultation responses submitted by prominent education organisations.
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Select committees launch joint inquiry into schools’ mental health provision
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The education and health select committees will run a new inquiry into “the role of education in promoting emotional well-being in children and young people and preventing the development of mental health problems” in the new year.
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New grammar schools would benefit just six areas, says study
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The Education Policy Institute modelled the impact of government plans to expand selective schools by looking at how 32,844 districts would be affected.
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Children's centres: 150 closed last year, figures show
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More than 150 children's centres closed in England in 2015 - double the number of the previous year, the BBC reports.
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FutureReady Careers
Conference 2017
Thursday 9 February
Hardwick Hall Hotel, County Durham
FutureReady focuses on the knowledge and experiences, along with the key attributes and attitudes, a young person needs to succeed in the 21st century.
The conference will cover key themes, including: good careers guidance, school-business engagement and character education.
It will also include a business networking session attended by approximately 50 businesses.
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Welcome to the SCHOOLS NorthEast network
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We would like to give a warm welcome to the Partner Schools, Education Supporters and Commercial Supporters that have joined us recently
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Funding boost for outreach programme
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A Newcastle University-led programme aiming to encourage more young people into higher education has received multi-million pound funding.
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RGS Newcastle announces new Head
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Royal Grammar School Newcastle has announced its successor to retiring Headmaster Dr Bernard Trafford.
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Schoolchildren say FA paper on football treats them like 'brainless baby Barbies'
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A group of indignant primary school pupils has written to the Football Association complaining that a document aimed at increasing female participation in football treats them like “brainless baby Barbies”.
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23
JAN
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Raising standards in KS3 English (Part 2)
The aim of this workshop-based event is to further develop strategies to raise standards in KS3 English. It will be facilitated by HMI from the North East, Yorkshire and Humberside Ofsted region.
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09
FEB
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FutureReady Careers Conference 2017
FutureReady focuses on the knowledge and experiences a young person needs to succeed in the 21st century. Key themes covered include: good careers guidance, character education and business engagement.
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16
MAR
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White Working Class: how can schools tackle underachievement and raise attainment?
This conference will bring school leaders from across the North East together to discuss the specific challenges and barriers to education faced by students from white working class communities
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16
MAR
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SCHOOLS NorthEast Patron's Dinner 2017
SCHOOLS NorthEast Partner Schools are invited to join us for an evening of celebration, recognising the hard work of our region's school leaders and the strength of our education community. This will be hosted by our Patron Lord Puttnam of Queensgate.
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30
MAR
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SCHOOLS NorthEast Regional Governors Conference
SAVE THE DATE - further details will follow in the New Year.
A conference designed to support school governors by ensuring that they are kept up to date on the latest policies and procedures. It will also provide support for school leaders looking to recruit new governors.
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Lumley Primary schoolgirls have made the national news this week, after sending a complaint letter to the FA for publishing 'sexist' guidelines which were aimed at encouraging girls to get into football. We asked Deputy Head Carol Hughes how this all came about and she kindly wrote about it in detail for our final 'Talking Heads' of the term: "The story spread incredibly quickly – by the afternoon we had reports from a relative in America that the story was on the international BBC news for example – and snowballed into a huge wash of reports."
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The DfE has published new statistical data of apprenticeships by geography, age and level. In the last academic year 38,210 people started apprenticeships in the North East. This is an increase of 2,990 or 8.49% on 2014/15 and an increase of 24,750 on 2005/06 – almost a threefold increase. The number of apprenticeships in each of the 12 local authorities in the North East has more than doubled in the past 10 years. Click below for a breakdown of the statistics.
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