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This weeks newsletter is sponsored by Ward Hadaway
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The government has announced a return to school for all students, a new educational recovery package, and the 2021 assessment arrangements for GCSE and A Level. It is crucial that the Education Secretary and Department for Education stands by the profession and gives schools the support they need to implement a successful return, as well as in the assessment process.
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| DfE officials take questions from MPs on school funding |
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Civil servants from the Department for Education took questions from the House of Commons’ education select committee on Tuesday, focusing on funding and financial management of schools.
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| New degree for SEND Teachers at Sunderland University |
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A new course will start in September allowing trainee teachers to specialise in supporting pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) at a primary level.
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| School breakfast club which kept Newcastle kids fed through lockdown named best in region |
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Benfield School, in Walkergate, has won an award in the annual Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Awards.
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Sunderland families have their say on summer teaching as Government announces 'catch-up' funding for schools
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Echo readers have both backed and criticised holding summer schooling during the six-week break to help children catch up on lost learning as a result of the pandemic.
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Virtual Village School Story Writing Session
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On Friday 5th February, children’s author Adam Bushnell joined the children of Aycliffe Village Primary School on Google Meet to help us write a story.
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Families praise South Tyneside schools for going above and beyond during pandemic
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It goes without saying that school staff have been a lifeline to South Tyneside families during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Seaburn pupils give sporting chance to African kids
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Primary school pupils in Sunderland are giving children in one of the world’s poorest countries a sporting chance to get kitted out for the beautiful game.
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Prudhoe schoolgirl hopes to raise thousands for Guide Dog charity by creating bath bombs
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A schoolgirl has launched an exciting new project to help raise money for charity.
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Schools to close neighbouring roads to help keep children safe
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Street closers are being introduced outside a number of schools in Whitley Bay and Wallsend to help keep children safer and healthier.
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South Tyneside families have their say on summer teaching as Government announces 'catch-up' funding for schools
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Gazette readers have both backed and criticised holding summer schooling during the six-week break to help children catch up on lost learning as a result of the pandemic.
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North Tyneside special school teachers feel ‘hung out to dry’ over vaccine
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Staff at special schools in North Tyneside have asked to be vaccinated because working with children with additional needs can put them at risk and their colleagues in neighbouring authorities have received the jab
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Ward Hadaway – the law firm for academies
Ward Hadaway is a UK Top 100 law firm, and our dedicated education team acts for a large number of academies and MATs, from single academies to large multi-academy Trusts with over 50 schools. We have the strength and depth of expertise and experience to support you in any way we can, whatever your legal needs.
We are delighted to be headline sponsor at this year's Schools North East Academies conference and we are keen to contribute to the conversations about how academies can continue to effectively operate, educate and evolve in the current extremely difficult circumstances.
So please do get in touch with any questions or queries and we hope you enjoy the conference from wherever you are sitting.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING ON CONNECTED?
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We know this term has been challenging and you might feel you don't have the time or opportunity to connect with your colleagues, but supporting each other has never been more important.
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Ednorth
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Our Ednorth programme aims to change classroom culture
Join the Ednorth hub to find evidence-based ideas, support and resources to support your teaching practice and connect with teachers from across the region.
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Speakers Announced
Hannah Stolton, CEO, Governors for Schools
Fee Stagg, National Leader of Governance, Trustee, Chair, Governance Professional, Success Begins with Governance
Emma Knights OBE, Chief Executive, National Governance Association
See the website for more information
Main Sponsor
Would you like to speak at the Annual Governance Conference?
Apply to be a speaker today!
We are looking for speakers with Governance experience who could contribute a session to our conference.
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Speaker Announced
Mary Myatt, Education adviser, writer and speaker.
 Mental health has been an issue of growing concern for school leaders in recent years, however this year it has become more important than ever due to the Coronavirus crisis. The ongoing crisis, alongside partial school closures and lockdown measures have caused a number of issues for students and staff alike, from the disrupted routines, stress of lockdown and anxiety of the pandemic, to bereavement under very difficult circumstances. These issues are widespread and have required a new approach from staff and schools
Would you like to speak at Healthy MindED 2021?
Apply to be a speaker today!
We are looking for speakers who could contribute a session to our conference.
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Summer catch-up schools planned for pupils in England
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Secondary schools in England will be asked to consider delivering face-to-face summer schools as part of efforts to help pupils catch up.
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Secondary schools can start testing pupils on-site before March 8, DfE confirms
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Secondary schools and colleges will be allowed to start testing pupils on-site before March 8, the Department for Education has confirmed.
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Exams 2021: Heads will have to confirm pupils have learned ‘sufficient content’ for progression
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Head Teachers will have to confirm GCSE and A-level students have been taught “sufficient content” to allow them to progress to the next stage in their education when submitting teacher assessment grades this year.
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I don't want the others to come back to school'
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What do those pupils currently in school think of the plans for a full school reopening in March? Paul Read asked them
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Exams 2021: Externally-set questions to be ‘optional’ for schools
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Schools won’t be forced to use externally-set questions when determining their pupils’ GCSE and A-level grades this year, the government has confirmed.
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DfE won't say where catch-up cash came from
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DfE won't rule out possibility that Covid recovery cash has been drawn from existing education budgets
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Ofsted monitoring inspections paused for week of schools’ return
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Ofsted will pause its remote monitoring inspections for the week beginning March 8 to allow schools to focus on wider reopening.
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Covid: masks and tests not compulsory at English schools, says minister
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Nick Gibb says he hopes most pupils and schools will choose to take protection measures
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Exams go from control freakery to freewheeling
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What's so remarkable and potentially risky about this replacement system for exam results in England is that it is so freewheeling, with teachers having huge flexibility over how to decide A-level and GCSE grades for their own pupils.
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