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Sir David Attenborough praises Dereham school’s eco achievements

Students from Dereham Sixth Form College and Northgate High School were commended by Sir David Attenborough

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Staff and students at Dereham’s Northgate High School and Sixth Form College (DSFC) were delighted to receive a handwritten letter from Sir David Attenborough.
Current and former school pupils have spoken out about their experiences of sexual abuse while they were students.

38 Norfolk schools and university named in students' accounts of sex abuse

Daniel Moxon

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Liz Truss MP with Year 6 pupils Jack and Ali who gave her a guided tour of Mundford Primary Academy.

Norfolk MPs visit primary schools to hear pupils' lockdown experiences

Simon Parkin

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Early indicative illustrations show how the new Easton special needs school could look.

New 170-place school given the go-ahead

Dan Grimmer

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Flegg High School prom in 2017

Rush to save school proms from being axed

Simon Parkin

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Classroom and Graham White of NEU.

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

Simon Parkin

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Sixth form students

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

Simon Parkin

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Pupils enjoy new outdoor gym equipment at Thomas Bullock Church of England Primary Academy in Shipdham.

Shipdham pupils get to use new outdoor gym they helped to plan

Simon Parkin

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Ofsted inspector in classroom

Primary schools told to improve but Covid learning praised

Simon Parkin

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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

Aaron McMillan

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A child playing with soil and flowers

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Tots enjoy new sensory sessions as preschool offers 'safe haven'

Donna-Louise Bishop

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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

Simon Parkin

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Students at Northgate High School celebrate their success

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'I was gripped' - School students produce PhD-level research papers

Noah Vickers

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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'

Simon Parkin

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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'

Simon Parkin

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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

Ben Hardy

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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?

Simon Parkin

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Children at a Little Owls Day Nursery

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New stay-and-play group meets 'overwhelming demand'

Noah Vickers

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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?

Simon Parkin

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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

Simon Parkin

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Norfolk teachers Louise Wright and Rebecca Guy-Ragan who are a step closer to becoming headteachers.

Norfolk teachers top of the class in bid to become school heads

Simon Parkin

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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

Casey Cooper-Fiske

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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’

Simon Parkin

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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’

Simon Parkin

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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

Noah Vickers

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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

Simon Parkin

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Ninety per cent of primary pupils have returned to school in Norfolk.

Schools prioritise pupil wellbeing over learning catch-up

Simon Parkin

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Toftwood Infant and Junior School in Dereham that has introduced measures including limits of parent

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School class bubble goes into self-isolation after one day back

Noah Vickers

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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

Abigail Nicholson

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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’

Simon Parkin

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