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All smiles in South London as the parkrun primary initiative was launched.

junior parkrun’s new ‘parkrun primary’ initiative aiming to get Hartlepool child...

The competition aims to fuel a passion among industry professionals

Ad Feature Department of Education and McLaren launch competition

Michaela School headmistress Katharine Birbalsingh (left) hit out at Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson after a recent meeting

Why a top headteacher has slammed Education Secretary over academies

This is not the first time National Education Union members have gone of strike in recent years

Everything you need to know about upcoming sixth form college strikes

The Phipps Family: Tara, Poppy, Paul and Jack.

Watch: Dad fined for term-time trip with autistic son and his daughter

School classroom.

Watch: School absence fines rise details explained

Secondary schools are typically ranked by their 'Progress 8' scores (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

How England's best performing secondary schools are ranked

Ofsted is scrapping single-word judgements for schools. Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images

Major Ofsted change announced as single-word ratings scrapped

Teachers' unions have praised a proposed pay rise from the new government (Photo: National World/Adobe Stock)

What teachers say about government's new 'above inflation' pay offer

Picture of A Level students released by Byron Sixth Form College.

Praise for 'outstanding' A level students

Tens of thousands of children are being taken on holiday during term time as parents look to save money

More parents opt to take children out of school for holidays

Living up to its motto 'Labor Vincit' meaning 'hard work prevails' Dalkeith High School in Midlothian saw pupils surpass their virtual comparator by three percent, with 38 per cent achieving five Highers or more in 2022.

Breaking Ofsted's changes to school inspection system after headteacher's death

School kids want more digitally-based subjects on their curriculums

High Tunstall College of Science breakfast club.

Chemical company donates £1000 to Hartlepool school

Children going to secondary school in September will find out which school they will be going to this week

Secondary school offers 2023: How to submit an appeal

Fewer children 'in need' in Hartlepool.

Fewer children found to be 'in need' in Hartlepool
The number of children ‘in need’ in Hartlepool has has fallen to below pre-pandemic levels, despite an increase nationally, new figures show.
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From left, Leanne Eagle, 36, Place in the Park owner Maria Seymour and Molly Gilchrest, 18.

Hartlepool cafe gains national recognition

Which topics would you like to see on the national curriculum? Readers share their views. Picture: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images.

Seven topics you would like to see added to the national curriculum

Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street on June 23. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images.

What readers think of proposed 'One Britain One Nation' singalong

The move is part of One Britain One Nation Day on Friday, June 25 (Getty Images)

Government encourages children to sing this 'One Britain One Nation' song on Jun...

Pupils who miss school because they have to self-isolate will not be recorded as absent (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is what guidance says if children have to miss school due to travel quarant...

Miss Williamson's class at Clavering Primary School doing exercise during a lesson break.

School leading the way to help pupils stay healthy

Research found that disadvantaged pupils were on average 18 months behind their wealthier peers (Photo: Shutterstock)

Poorer school pupils in England are 18 months behind their better off classmates...

A level results will soon be revealed in England, however hugging your school mates will have to wait until the one metre social distancing measures are eased. (Shutterstock)

Students in England will receive their A level results soon - here’s how they ha...

International Day of Friendship is an annual event which celebrates human solidarity through friendship (Photo: Shutterstock)

Today is International Day of Friendship - here’s how you can celebrate

Schools will reopen to all pupils on a full-time basis in September (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is how much parents could be fined if their children don’t return to school...

Rainbows drawn by young children have become a symbol of the coronavirus pandemic (Getty Images)

This is when nurseries could reopen in England - according to government plans Finlay Greig

Disadvantaged children are to be given free laptops and 4G internet connections as part of a new government scheme (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is who is eligible to get free laptops for home schooling - and how to appl...

The Academy provides access to 180 video lessons per week across a range of subjects (Photo: Shutterstock)

The government has launched a new online learning tool for children - here’s how...

The government says ‘vulnerable children’ are exempt from the schools closure - ...

Readers comment on whether league tables help parents choose better schools for their children. Picture: Pixabay

Readers comment on whether league tables help parents choose better schools for ...

New Key Stage 4 school performance tables have been published by the Department of Education

How Hartlepool schools did in new Key Stage 4 school performance tables

Pupils are missing school.

Hartlepool has highest rate of pupils missing secondary school in the country

Jesmond Gardens Primary School in Hartlepool. Picture: Google.

New nursery to be built at Hartlepool primary school after planning application ...

Fewer children in poverty will be eligible for free school meals under changes to Universal Credit. Chris Radburn/PA Wire

1,100 Hartlepool children will miss out on free school meal

Snow days: why some schools close and some stay open

Mark Tilling, headteacher at High Tunstall College of Science.

Find out how your child's school has done in the latest league tables

St John Vianney Primary School staff Jennifer Wright Y6 teacher (left) and Faye Marshall Y5 teacher with pupils Lucas Bestford, Elodie Megs, Noah Wilson, Melody Musgrave, Madeline Wood, Obeline Thorpe, Henry Moore, Tilly Off, James Fewster-Smith, Mia Caden and Matilda Brackstone.

Hartlepool Key Stage 2 results in line with national average

In the classroom.

Hartlepool has one of the lowest proportions of ethnic minority teachers in the ...

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