Number-crunching pupils tackle national maths challenge

2:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

HUNDREDS of students tackled number-crunching on a national scale as they challenged their knowledge of mathematics.

Learning a foreign language could be the passport to a bright future - principal

Pat Howarth, principle of Hummersknott Academy, in Darlington

2:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

Modern languages have taken a bit of a battering in our schools lately but Pat Howarth, principal of Hummersknott Academy in Darlington argues that acquiring a second language is a great asset in life and can help young people find a good job.

Unique counselling service for pupils and parents is making waves nationally

NEW APPROACH: Counsellor Dave Walker, left, and Nick Blackburn, headteacher at Heathfield Primary School, in the wellbeing centre

2:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

A NORTH-EAST school is making waves nationally after setting up its own well-being centre to offer therapeutic support to troubled pupils and their families.

Youngsters enjoy a woodlands adventure

2:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

CHILDREN at a Darlington school escaped the classroom and embarked on a woodlands adventure as part of an initiative to promote the importance of outdoor learning.

Maths challenge tests students' logic and numeracy skills

2:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

QUEEN Elizabeth Sixth Form College in Darlington recently teamed up with Greenfield Community College in Newton Aycliffe to create a series of school house challenges at Greenfield.

School has record number of students accepted to study medicine or dentistry

Students at Yarm School who have been accepted to study medicine or dentistry at university

2:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

TEACHERS are "proud and delighted" that nearly 20 per cent of the Sixth Formers leaving Yarm School this summer have gained places at dentistry and medical schools.

Primary schools join trailblazing initiative to boost performances

2:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

SEVEN schools across the Whitby and Scarborough areas have taken part in a trailblazing speech and language initiative that accelerated pupil progress and increased academic performance.

University throws a 20th birthday party for former students

2:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

A WEEKEND of celebrations is being held next month to mark the 20th anniversary of Northumbria University receiving its university charter.

Paralympic star launches multi-million pound expansion at college

Left-to-right: Paralympic star Josef Craig, Sunderland College principal Anne Isherwood and project manager Jason Kelly from BAM.

2:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

SUNDERLAND College is helping to ensure the Olympic legacy lives on by starting work on two new multi-million pound academies.

Poster girls promote NHS careers

Emily Solomon and Georgia Thompson from English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College in Hartlepool have been named North-East winners of the Step into the NHS national schools competition to promote careers in the health service

3:05pm Friday 17th May 2013

SCHOOLGIRLS who have been named regional winners of a national NHS poster competition are now interested in a career in the health service. 

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