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Rush to save school proms from being axed

Flegg High School prom in 2017

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Norfolk schools have been left hastily trying to rearrange end-of-school proms because of the decision to prolong restrictions on social gatherings. Schools-begin-Covid-19-testing-ahead-of-return-of-pupils-on- (3) Hundreds of students are set...
Classroom and Graham White of NEU.

Revealed: The school academy chains paying bosses over £150k a year

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Pupils wear protective face masks as they arrive at school.

Schools in 'precarious' Covid outbreak situation, teaching leader warns

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Sixth form students

All you need to know about £1.4bn Covid catch-up for children

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Alex Mackay shows Lawrence Chapman and Rob Speck the works on the roof of the new Duke of Lancaster.

New school starts hiring as steel frame is installed

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More than 10,000 pupils at Norfolk schools have benefitted from government Covid laptop and tablet scheme.

Norfolk pupils get over 10,000 laptops and tablets in government scheme

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An online bank of Norfolk videos and resources is to be released to support teaching in schools.

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Stephen Fry backs schools project to inspire children with Norfolk stories

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Almost 500 children were taken out of Norfolk schools to be home-educated in the last academic year, figures show.

Big rise in Norfolk children being home-schooled

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A group has urged formal tests for primary school pupils be paused to give them time to catch-up.

Ministers 'should pause primary school tests to allow children to catch up'

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Pupils at Diss Junior Academy part of the Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust.

Norfolk schools turn to Essex to find governors

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Attendance at Norfolk primary schools is higher than the national average.

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School attendance 'highest it has been at any point during pandemic'

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School girl cuts ribbons on play equipment

School unveils new play tower for pupils

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Alice-Lily Nnene during the Norfolk Youth Summit online introductory session 

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'Feisty is not the word '-Youngsters set up forum to discuss key issues

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Students will get GCSE and A-level results earlier this summer.

How will exam grades and primary school tests work this summer?

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Students in secondary schools and colleges will still have to wear face coverings after the Easter break.

Why will secondary pupils still have to wear face masks after Easter?

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Sexual harassment and misogynist abuse are an every day occurrence for pupils, a Norfolk charity has warned

Sexual harassment daily occurrence in schools, warns charity

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Claire Cullens, chief executive of Norfolk Community Foundation. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY

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Culture change key to ensuring all have online connectivity

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Between 96pc and 97pc primary pupils returned to Norfolk schools, which is above average for a normal school day.

Nine in 10 pupils back but schools leader warns ‘we’re not out of woods’

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New community-based speech and language therapy services for children and young people in Norfolk will launch in August.

New service will ‘revamp speech and language therapy services for children’

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All pre-school, nursery and primary school pupils have returned to classrooms this week.

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Eleven Norfolk schools send pupils home to isolate in first week back

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The number of school attending Norfolk schools plummeted either side of the Christmas holidays but rose again in lockdown.

How chaotic January return saw Norfolk school attendance plummet

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Reception pupils from Thomas Bullock CE Primary Academy waiting outside on their first day back to s

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'I can be me again' - views from the school gate as children return

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All primary school pupils are expected to be back in Norfolk schools on March 8.

Children's return to school is ‘start of road back to normality’

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A hand drawn thank you card of a laptop

'You have been a super-hero' - School thanks community for IT donations

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Secondary school pupils

Nine in 10 Norfolk pupils get preferred secondary school place

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Moves have been made to reassure parents that Norfolk schools will be safe for their children to return on March 8.

Ninety per cent of Norfolk pupils expected to be back in school on March 8

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GCSEs and A-levels cancelled by the pandemic will be replaced by grades decided by teachers.

‘They know students best’: teachers to decide A-level and GCSE results

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Mathew Boomer from Norfolk County Council handing over some laptops to Jackie Appleby, business mana

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Laptop campaign passes target with 5,300 collected for children in need

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Calls have been made to vaccinate children before schools fully reopen.

School disruption will continue until children get jab - government...

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Health secretary Matt Hancock told Sky News' Sophy Ridge on Sunday that teachers would not get priority for the Covid-19...

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Teachers won't be prioritised for Covid vaccine, says Hancock

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