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View Questions by Category: General (9) Standards (4) Finance (4) Surplus Places (3) Legal (0)     Top 7 Articles Is the Current First/Middle and High School structure in Northumberland inferior to a Two Tier Primary/Secondary structure? Almost all commentators now agree that the key difference in educational performance comes from leadership and quality teaching, not from the structure of the school “We accept as a Department that ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2005-10-09 Views: 3548 Will standards improve by a change to 2-tier? There is absolutely no evidence to suggest standards will improve. Ruth Kelly (Secretary of State for Education) and Tony Blair have both said there is no evidence that a 2-tier system ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2005-07-26 Views: 1995 Are the educational standards in Northumberland poor? No. The results produced by the schools in Northumberland place us in the top 30% nationally. Some schools are better than others and there are some definite areas of weakness that ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2005-07-24 Views: 1938 Do schools in Northumberland have Low Standards? Pupils in Northumberland score in the top third of all schools in the country. You can use statistics to prove anything, but Northumberland County Council consistently paint the worst possible picture of ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2005-10-09 Views: 1621 Will the changes to schools affect any other services? YES Lead officers at Northumberland County Council produced papers highlighting the dire consequences of the Putting the Learner First strategy on other services. The Executive were informed of the heavy impact ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2005-10-06 Views: 1459 Building Schools for the Future What does it involve? BSF is A programme of rebuilding and renewal of secondary school provision. It is BSF funding that is being sought for the plan to change Education in Northumberand. Bids criteria can ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2005-07-23 Views: 1399 Are Department for Education and Skills officials telling Northumberland that there will be no money for new schools unless they get rid of middle schools? “The answer is absolutely emphatically NO. There is no suggestion that ministers or officials in the DFES have prescribed that at all. We accept both systems can be effective and there ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2005-10-09 Views: 1376 Last 7 Articles Would primary schools, keeping their pupils for an extra two years, have a better chance of remaining viable than first schools in rural areas? About half of Northumberland\'s population is concentrated in the southeast of the county. The rural part of Northumberland has one of the very lowest population densities in England and there ...... Not Rated Last Update: 2006-01-07 Views: 981 What stage in the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme is Northumberland at? Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is a major government initiative to rebuild or refurbish all Secondary Schools in England over the next few decades. In early 2004 the Leader of ...... Not Rated Last Update: 2005-11-05 Views: 1164 Has the council written its education vision and statutory plans yet? In October 2004 Northumberland County Council stated that their future plans would be published for comment by the 8 December - the day before the County Council met to discuss whether ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2005-11-05 Views: 1185 Is the Current First/Middle and High School structure in Northumberland inferior to a Two Tier Primary/Secondary structure? Almost all commentators now agree that the key difference in educational performance comes from leadership and quality teaching, not from the structure of the school “We accept as a Department that ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2005-10-09 Views: 3548 Do schools in Northumberland have Low Standards? Pupils in Northumberland score in the top third of all schools in the country. You can use statistics to prove anything, but Northumberland County Council consistently paint the worst possible picture of ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2005-10-09 Views: 1621 Are there too many surplus places in Northumberland Schools? Northumberland County Council currently has approx 3800 surplus places, with a total of 48000 pupils. To allow for mobility and fexibility the DfES recommends 3 to 5% surplus places  or up ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2005-10-09 Views: 1175 Are Department for Education and Skills officials telling Northumberland that there will be no money for new schools unless they get rid of middle schools? “The answer is absolutely emphatically NO. There is no suggestion that ministers or officials in the DFES have prescribed that at all. We accept both systems can be effective and there ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2005-10-09 Views: 1376