Policy
Our Stakeholder Briefings are designed to share this feedback with influential figures within the education sector, to help them understand the detail of what our schools are facing.
April 16, 2024
Schools North East holds regular roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 16th April 2024, with Kim McGuinness, the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, and the Labour Party candidate for Mayor of the North East.
March 28, 2024
Schools North East’s ‘State of the Region’ surveys intend to monitor the situation in schools across academic years. We ask the same set of core questions every term (as well as additional questions where relevant) to get a snapshot of the situation in North East schools, and to see how the situation develops across the year and compared to previous academic years.
March 22, 2024
Schools North East holds regular roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 22nd March 2024, with Mary Glindon MP and school leaders from the North Tyneside constituency.
March 21, 2024
This briefing covers feedback from a meeting of NNoSS members, focussing on the funding challenges schools in the special, hospital, and alternative provision sector face.
March 20, 2024
The survey was sent out in February 2024 to school business professionals working in the special and AP sector. Responses to the survey represent over 90 special and AP schools across England.
March 7, 2024
Schools North East is governed by our advisory board of school leaders, representing every type, stage, and local authority in the North East. This briefing covers the feedback from our 2024 Spring term board meeting, held on the 7th March 2024.
January 29, 2024
Schools North East holds roundtables with school leaders every half term. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 29th January 2024, with Head Teachers and trust CEOs from special schools and alternative provision settings.
December 5, 2023
Schools North East holds roundtables with school leaders every half term. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 5th December 2023, with Head Teachers and trust CEOs from special schools and alternative provision settings.
November 29, 2023
Schools North East’s School Business Management Council is comprised of School Business Professionals from across each Local Authority in the region, representing all types and phases of schools. This briefing covers the Autumn 2023 meeting of the council, held in November.
November 23, 2023
Schools North East holds regular roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 23rd November 2023, with trust and school leaders from across the North East. We were joined by Leora Cruddas, CEO at the Confederation of School Trusts, with discussions focussed on education policy and the next general election.
November 16, 2023
Schools North East’s ‘State of the Region’ surveys intend to monitor the situation in schools across academic years. We ask the same set of core questions every term (as well as additional questions where relevant) to get a snapshot of the situation in North East schools, and to see how the situation develops across the year and compared to previous academic years.
October 19, 2023
At Schools North East’s Annual Summit 2023, a panel of school leaders in the region discussed the attitudes, behaviours, and conduct of parents and carers. The panel emphasised the importance of parental support and standards in creating ‘Great North Schools’
October 3, 2023
Schools North East holds roundtables with school leaders every half term. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 3rd October 2023, with Head Teachers and trust CEOs from special schools and alternative provision settings.
July 12, 2023
Schools North East’s ‘State of the Region’ surveys intend to monitor the situation in schools across this academic year. We ask the same set of core questions every term (as well as additional questions where relevant) to get a snapshot of the situation in North East schools, and to see how the situation develops across the year.
June 23, 2023
Schools North East holds regular roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 23rd June 2023, with Ian Lavery MP and school leaders from the Wansbeck constituency.
June 22, 2023
Schools North East hosted a roundtable, to support research by the North East Child Poverty Commission (NECPC) and IPPR North, asking the question What should a North East child poverty strategy look like?The roundtable was attended by school leaders from across the North East, discussing the key drivers of child poverty in our region and potential solutions. The roundtable took place on the 22nd June 2023.
June 20, 2023
Schools North East holds roundtables with school leaders every half term. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 20th June 2023, with Head Teachers and trust CEOs from special schools and alternative provision settings.
May 9, 2023
Schools North East holds roundtables with school leaders every half term. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 9th May 2023, with Head Teachers and trust CEOs from special schools and alternative provision settings.
May 4, 2023
Schools North East holds regular virtual roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 4th May 2023, with trust CEOs from across the North East covering both primary and secondary schools.
March 31, 2023
Schools North East sent out a survey to the region’s school leaders in order to understand the detail behind the key issues dominating the media around school accountability.
March 23, 2023
Schools North East and the Northern Powerhouse Partnership held a roundtable with school leaders on the 23rd March 2023, to discuss devolution, and what sort of local control would most likely eradicate the long term disadvantage gap. Discussions focussed on the impact of previous and existing interventions, the types of collaboration that could be explored, factors beyond schools, how to evaluate effectiveness, and how changes would be delivered. The school leaders represented academy and maintained, mainstream and special, primary and secondary, and north and south of the region.
March 22, 2023
Schools North East’s ‘State of the Region’ surveys intend to monitor the situation in schools across this academic year. We ask the same set of core questions every term (as well as additional questions where relevant) to get a snapshot of the situation in North East schools, and to see how the situation develops across the year.
March 21, 2023
Schools North East holds roundtables with school leaders every half term. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 21st March 2023, with Head Teachers and trust CEOs from special schools and alternative provision settings.
March 10, 2023
Schools North East holds regular roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 10th March 2023, with Paul Howell MP and school leaders from the Sedgefield constituency.
March 3, 2023
Schools North East holds regular roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 3rd March 2023, with Chi Onwurah MP and school leaders from the Newcastle Central constituency.
February 2, 2023
Schools North East holds regular virtual roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 2nd February 2023, with trust CEOs from across the North East covering both primary and secondary schools.
January 31, 2023
Schools North East holds roundtables with school leaders every half term. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 31st January 2023, with Head Teachers and trust CEOs from special schools and alternative provision settings.
January 19, 2023
In 2016, Schools North East set up the Healthy MindED Commission to bring together school leaders and mental health practitioners to consider how best to tackle growing challenges around emotional health and wellbeing. One of the main strands of the Commission was the Voice of the Pupil project, which engaged children and young people through focus groups, to establish their concerns and experiences. Chair of the Commission, Professor Dame Sue Bailey, described the study as representing ‘the most important body of evidence about children's own views about their mental health, wellbeing, and resilience ever carried out in the UK.'
December 1, 2022
Schools North East holds regular virtual roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 1st December, with MAT CEOs from across the North East covering both primary and secondary schools.
November 29, 2022
Schools North East holds roundtables with school leaders every half term. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 29th November 2022, with Head Teachers and MAT CEOs from special schools and alternative provision settings.
November 18, 2022
Schools North East holds regular roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 18th November 2022, with Richard Holden MP and school leaders from the North West Durham constituency.
November 11, 2022
Schools North East’s ‘State of the Region’ surveys intend to monitor the situation in schools across this academic year. We ask the same set of core questions every term (as well as additional questions where relevant) to get a snapshot of the situation in North East schools, and to see how the situation develops across the year.
October 14, 2022
Schools North East holds regular roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 14th October 2022, with Catherine McKinnell MP and school leaders from the Newcastle North constituency.
October 13, 2022
Schools North East holds regular virtual roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 13th October 2022, with MAT CEOs from across the North East covering both primary and secondary schools.
October 11, 2022
Schools North East holds regular roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 11th October 2022, with Peter Gibson MP and school leaders from the Darlington constituency.
September 27, 2022
Schools North East holds roundtables with school leaders every half term. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 27th September 2022, with Head Teachers and MAT CEOs from special schools and alternative provision settings.
September 21, 2022
The government’s white paper and school bill, both published earlier this year, set out plans for all schools to be in, or in the process of joining, a ‘strong’ multi-academy trust by 2030. This survey looks at how academies and trusts in the North East are responding to the proposals, looking at whether or not trusts plan to expand or merge, how willing they are to do this, and the reasons for doing or not doing so.
June 14, 2022
Our ‘State of the Region’ surveys intend to monitor the ongoing impact of the pandemic across this academic year, looking at how the situation is developing every half term.
June 10, 2022
Schools North East holds regular roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from an in-person roundtable on the 10th June 2022, with Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP and school leaders from the Berwick constituency.
June 9, 2022
Schools North East holds regular virtual roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 9th June 2022, with Head Teachers and MAT CEOs from across the North East covering both primary and secondary schools.
June 7, 2022
Schools North East holds regular virtual roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 7th June 2022, with Head Teachers and MAT CEOs from special schools and alternative provision settings.
May 17, 2022
In response to the publication of the Schools White Paper, Schools North East held a roundtable event with school leaders in our region, to discuss the implications of the document. We were joined by Leora Cruddas,CEO at the Confederation of School Trusts.
May 10, 2022
Schools North East holds regular virtualroundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from aroundtable on the 10May 2022, with Head Teachers and MAT CEOsfrom across the North East covering both primary and secondary schools.
May 10, 2022
Schools North East holds regular virtual roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 10th May 2022, with Head Teachers and MAT CEOs from special schools and alternative provision settings. Representatives from the Department for Education’s SEND Review division attended as part of the consultation into the SEND Review Green Paper.
April 29, 2022
Schools North East holds regular virtual roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 29th April 2022, with Liz Twist MP and school leaders from the Blaydon constituency.
March 28, 2022
Through our regular virtual roundtables with school leaders, rising financial pressures has been identified as a key challenge facing schools. This briefing covers the responses from a survey we conducted in March, looking at the impact of rising energy costs. Responses represent all stages and types of school from all 12 Local Authorities. The responses represent over 150 schools.
March 28, 2022
In response to the White Paper, Schools North East sent out a survey to all schools in the region, looking at some of the key announcements. The survey responses represent a cross-section of 10% of schools in the North East, representing all stages, types, and Local Authorities.
March 8, 2022
Schools North East holds regular virtual roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from two roundtables on the 8th March 2022, one with MAT CEOs, and another with school leaders from special schools and alternative provision settings.
February 13, 2022
Our ‘State of the Region’ surveys intend to monitor the ongoing impact of the pandemic across this academic year, looking at how the situation is developing every half term.
February 8, 2022
Schools North East has holds regular virtual roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 8th February 2022, with Head Teachers and MAT CEOs from special schools and alternative provision settings.
February 8, 2022
Schools North East has holds regular virtual roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 8th February 2022, with Head Teachers and MAT CEOs from across the North East covering both primary and secondary schools.
February 7, 2022
Schools North East holds regular virtual roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 7th February 2022, with school leaders from the Early Years sector.
February 2, 2022
Schools North East is governed by our trustees and advisory board of 49 school leaders, representing all phases (including early years), types (maintained, academy, independent and special/AP), and Local Authorities in the region. This briefing covers the Spring term advisory board meeting discussions on the operational and strategic challenges. The meeting took place on the 2nd February 2022.
January 19, 2022
Following the announcement that ‘Plan B’ Covid measures would come to an end, Schools North East surveyed school leaders in our region about the easing of restrictions. This briefing covers the feedback from the survey,sent out on the 19th January 2022. The CEOs and Head Teachers that filled in the survey represent over 100 schools from every LA in the North East, covering both primary and secondary schools, as well as mainstream,special, and Alternative Provision.
January 11, 2022
Schools North East holds regular virtual roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 11th January 2022, with MAT CEOs from across the North East covering both primary and secondary schools, as well as mainstream, special, and Alternative Provision.
December 16, 2021
Through our regular roundtables and survey feedback from school leaders, we identified significant concerns around recruitment, particularly regarding support roles. In response to these challenges, wet held a roundtable with senior school leaders, including CEOs, SBMs, COOs, and Head Teachers, from across the NE region to further investigate the detail of this problem.
December 6, 2021
Supported by Schools North East, the Regional SEND/AP group was formed in October 2020, as a network group for Head Teachers and CEOs working in North East special, AP, and mainstream schools with specialist units. This briefing covers a meeting of the network on the 6th December 2021, in response to the upcoming SEND review.
November 1, 2021
Our ‘State of the Region’ surveys intend to monitor the ongoing impact of the pandemic across this academic year, looking at how the situation is developing every half term.
November 1, 2021
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Schools North East has held regular virtual roundtables with school leaders. Feedback from these roundtables has highlighted increasing concerns about Ofsted, as it begins to inspect schools again. This briefing covers the key concerns schools have about Ofsted, following feedback from roundtables across the Autumn 2021.
October 19, 2021
Schools North East holds regular virtual roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 19th October 2021, with MAT CEOs from across the North East covering both primary and secondary schools.
September 14, 2021
Schools North East holds regular virtual roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 16th September 2021, with MAT CEOs from across the North East covering both primary and secondary schools.
September 14, 2021
Schools North East holds regular virtual roundtables with school leaders. This briefing covers the feedback from a roundtable on the 14th September 2021, with Head Teachers and MAT CEOs from special schools and alternative provision settings.