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

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

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A new event designed to help Norfolk’s young people to find their voices and engage in a project about important issues is connecting pupils across the region.
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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Student with new piano at Hewett Academy

Norfolk schools hitting high note with investment in music

Simon Parkin

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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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RAF cadets from Wymondham College combined cadet force on parade.

Norfolk school military cadet units to expand following extra funding

Simon Parkin

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Image of planned new specialist resource base at Mundesley Infants School.

First look at new special education centre at Norfolk primary

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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Children learning about fossils on West Runton beach during a school trip.

Outdoor centre's legal fight for right to reopen

Simon Parkin

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Sheringham High School

Merger could see 15 schools under one academy trust

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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Melodie Fearns, headteacher at St George's Primary School in Great Yarmouth, said that whichever soc

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Teachers hail impact of laptop campaign amid school return

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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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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Holt Hall Environmental & Outdoor Learning Centre. PHOTO: ANTONY KELLY

Crowdfunder campaign launched to secure future of Holt Hall

Sabrina Johnson

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Secondary school pupils

Nine in 10 Norfolk pupils get preferred secondary school place

Simon Parkin

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North Walsham High School headteacher James Gosden and teacher Mr Phipps in PPE as the school prepares to test 150...

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School to test 150 pupils for Covid a day during March re-opening

Casey Cooper-Fiske

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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

Simon Parkin

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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

Simon Parkin

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

Norfolk County Council

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

Casey Cooper-Fiske

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Gareth Stevens has been appointed the Inspiration Trust new chief executive.

One of Norfolk’s largest academy trusts announces new chief executive

Simon Parkin

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

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

Reece Hanson

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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...

Coronavirus

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

Daniel Moxon

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Boris Johnson will set out his plans for the reopening of schools when he outlines his "road map" out of lockdown on...

Mass testing and mandatory face masks: schools prepare for reopening date

Simon Parkin

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Gresham School in Holt.

Norfolk teacher who quit over sex allegations banned from classroom

Simon Parkin

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Children learning about fossils on West Runton beach during a school trip.

Outdoor education centres hope to reopen to school trips after Easter

Simon Parkin

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A CGI mock up what the school might look like

Community asked to have their say on new special school

Aaron McMillan

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Sonja Chirico Indrebø, plant manager, Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm.

Windfarm donates £100,000 to laptop campaign for children in need

Casey Cooper-Fiske

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