Primary Schools

Sacred Heart School Under 11's girls team Aria, Elyse, Emily, Rosie, Clara, Jorgina, Penny and Erin with their Northern Champions trophy. Picture by FRANK REID

Girls football team heading to Wembley for schools cup final

These North East primary schools excel across a few different metrics

The North East's 21 most exceptional state primary schools

UK classrooms

Four lessons from the biggest classroom hazards

These primary schools were among many across the country boasting exceptionally low absence rates

The best primary schools in England for attendance

Getting 100% of their pupils to meet these targets is no mean feat

The primary schools where 100% of pupils hit performance targets

Children will sit a total of six tests throughout the course of a week

What dates primary school pupils will sit SATs - and get their results

Former teacher Lucy Kirkham says free school breakfast clubs could offer many benefits to children

3 benefits of free school breakfast clubs, as pilot launches

Children at dozens of North East schools will benefit from the new programme's first phase

The North East primary schools trialling free breakfast clubs in April

More than one in four parents in a recent study admitted bending the rules to get a place at a preferred school

School admission criteria explained, as parents admit 'breaking rules'

The North East has plenty of great primary schools on offer

The North East's 26 best-rated state primary schools for 2024

Better says some primary schools are reducing the number of mandatory lessons they give

Parents say swimming 'third most important school subject'

Pupils will complete their phonics tests one-on-one with a teacher

What Year 1 pupils are tested on in phonics check, as new results out

The free school breakfast clubs will build on support for families already available, the Department for Education says

When Labour's free school breakfasts will start - what we know so far

Some 64% of children across the country agreed with the statement 'you enjoy school or college' (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

The regions in England where children enjoy school the most and least

SATs are often the first major exams many primary school students will take in their school career (Photo: Adobe Stock)

How England's regions compare when it comes to primary school skills

Primary schools from right across the country have made the list (Photo: National World/Google)

The 15 best-rated primary schools across England
Primary schools from right across the country made the list 🏫
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The North East has plenty of excellent, high-achieving primary schools to choose from (Photo: National World/Google)

The North East's 21 top-rated primary schools named

Jesmond Gardens Primary School staff and pupils celebrated Hartlepool United's promotion to the Football League by wearing kits on Monday.

Schools show their colours after Pools win

Mike Hill MP

Hartlepool MP backs union calls to delay reopening of schools

The military is to support mass testing in schools - here's how it will work

English secondary schools and colleges will get weekly Covid tests from January

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson delivers a briefing from Downing Street on Thursday, July 2.

Education Secretary sets out plans for reopening of schools in September

Some slight variation on rules is evident across the UK (Photo: Shuttertock)

How lockdown rules differ in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Hartlepool Wintertide Festival

Thousands attend Wintertide festival in Hartlepool

A stag from puppeteer Greener Lavelle led the procession.

Wintertide lantern parade leads the way for a weekend of celebrations on Hartlep...

Fireworks will close the festival on Sunday night.

Wintertide Festival returns to the Headland as Hartlepool gears up for Christmas

Looking cheerful at the Primary Schools Cup Finals in Hartlepool in 2009.

Get in! Here's some fab photos from a 2009 Hartlepool schools day of football
It's the time of year when cup finals come thick and fast.
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