Advance Northumberland is developing a feasibility study to assess the potential of establishing a STEM Hub in Alnwick. Current plans for the STEM Hub are based on the FabLab concept, providing workshop space for schools, individuals, clubs and community groups to access to explore and learn about different emerging technologies, such... read more →
Mar
02
Mar
02
www.expressyourselfne.com Express Yourself North East is the only festival of its kind in the UK and is a public celebration of linguistic and cultural diversity in a forward thinking, internationally connected region. There are range of FREE live events in during Festival Week for North East schools (from early years... read more →
Mar
02
At this half-way point in the academic year, the Department for Education (DfE) has shared a new message about implementing RSHE. Statutory status officially began in September 2020, with expectations about full preparedness extended to summer 2021 to deal with the impact of Covid-19. The Sex Education Forum have published a... read more →
Mar
02
Dear Colleagues I do hope that those of you working in schools managed to get somerefreshing time off screen over the half term and that you are lookingforward to seeing pupils back in school soon and to a gradual return to‘normal’ life. Had I been told 11 months ago that... read more →
Mar
02
Durham University are looking for Heads of Maths to participate in a research project. The purpose of the research is to construct a sample list of notions of CiM (Creativity in Mathematics), and particularly to identify some similarities and differences among the those identified by different groups of mathematicians (PGCE... read more →
Mar
01
The next Pupil Premium network meeting will take place (online) on March 11th 4pm to 5pm. If you would like to attend please book here. If you would like to suggest an agenda item please contact Dave Cookson.
Feb
26
Are you looking to combine the rich stories of local heritage with the requirements of the National Curriculum for history at Key Stage Two?Would you like to boost your subject knowledge so that you can teach with more confidence to the greater depth now required by the new OFSTED framework?Want... read more →
Feb
26
The Local Authority, on behalf of North of Tyne, are conducting some research into home learning. If you could ask your remote learning lead to complete this survey we would be grateful. The aim is to look at areas of good practice, and the barriers your schools have faced, so that North... read more →
Feb
25
A report to Schools Forum on Wednesday 24 February outlined the Council's intention to refund the re-organisation contingency deducted via de-delegation, from maintained schools 2020/21 funding, as agreed by School Forum members. Maintained schools will receive a total of £344,538 in respect of this. Full details, including a breakdown by individual school... read more →
Feb
25
Following consultation with Schools Forum, please find attached a document containing the 2021/22 Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) budget shares for the year from April 2021 to March 2022. The document is in the order of your 4-digit Department for Education number. A covering letter providing some background information is also provided. All... read more →