England plans to make academies follow the national curriculum – but it’s been getting more prescriptive for years
The government should publish a recommended curriculum that, crucially, schools are not bound in law to follow.
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Drama departments urge education secretary to probe university arts cuts
A letter from the Arts and Humanities Alliance is demanding that Bridget Phillipson coordinate an ‘urgent review’ of arts and ...
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VAT on private schools: Attack on privilege or investment in Britain’s future?
Matthew Brookes explores Labour's removal of private school's charitable status and introduction of VAT, and what that means for British education.
County Durham school locked down after rumours of a 'man with knife'
A Seaham school has been temporarily locked down after rumours circulated of a man with a knife, a man has now been arrested ...
County Durham school recognised for encouraging girls into computer science
Durham High School earns the prestigious I Belong certificate from the NCCE for its efforts in encouraging girls to pursue ...
Newcastle MP Catherine McKinnell says schools in England entering 'new era of accountability'
New plans to replace one-word Ofsted inspections have been unveiled by Labour but the proposed report cards have been described as "even worse than the system they replace" ...
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Professor Clare McGlynn helps change law on sexually explicit deepfakes
That is about to change after the UK Government said it would adopt a proposal drafted by Professor Clare McGlynn, of Durham ...
Hendersonville student two-time state champion in Daughters of American Revolution essay contest
Sixth grade student Lia Martinonis is the two-time winner of the Daughters of the American Revolution essay contest.
‘Families are really scared’: What will Durham public schools do if ICE shows up?
Under the 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case Plyler v. Doe, it is unconstitutional to deny the benefits of public education to undocumented students. Durham Public Schools believes all children are equally ...
North East MPs reacting to "heart-breaking" poverty report
North East MPs have been reacting with horror to the "heartbreaking" poverty report published by a leading charity. The study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) revealed that one in three ...