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Ex-Charter Academy head known for discipline causing stir in new role

Barry Smith, principal at Great Yarmouth Charter Academy, run by the Inspiration Trust. Picture: A

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The controversial former headteacher of a Great Yarmouth high school is is said to have angered parents at a new school over his strict methods.
Dame Rachel de Souza visiting Great Yarmouth Charter Academy to

Children’s commissioner opens expanding school’s £7m new building

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Bure Park Specialist Academy on the corner of Beresford Road and Perebrown Avenue.

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New boys-only school to open at end of month in Great Yarmouth

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Emma Jane Kao with her son Luk

Special needs children miss school as parents face 'shambolic' transport

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Students at Great Yarmouth Primary Academy celebrating their Ofsted success.

Primary school praised by Ofsted for "warm, strict approach"

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Engineering student Adam Fowler at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach.

Budding thrill ride designer gets to work on Yarmouth's rollercoaster

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Diss Junior Academy

Half of Norfolk parents still have back to school worries, EDP survey finds

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Children arrive at school

What are Norfolk school term dates for the next year?

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Pupils told to continue wearing face masks on school buses

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Here's what you need to know as children across East Anglia head back to school.

Back to school myth busting: What will new Covid measures actually involve?

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Children arriving at school

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Parents: tell us what YOU think about the start of the new school year

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Covid surge ‘inevitable’ when schools return, expert warns

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Pupils wear protective face masks

Covid testing means pupils face staggered start to new school year

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Archbishop Sancroft High School, Harleston - 09072019. Picture: James Bass Photography

School place appeals drop to six-year low - with just 66 successful

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More pupils in Norfolk are relying on free lunches than this time last year. 

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Demand for free school meals 'rises sharply' in pandemic

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GCSE students at Smithdon High School in Hunstanton.

GCSE pupils ‘great tenacity’ praised after region sees rise in top grades

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Norwich School pupils celebrate at GCSE success.

Norfolk Live | Live

GCSE results 2021: Live list of results from Norfolk and Waveney

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Dereham Neatherd High School students celebrate their GCSE results. Picture: Dereham Neatherd High S

Can you pass these 10 GCSE questions designed for 16-year-olds?

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Norfolk GCSE results

Norfolk-born boss of In the Style left school 'without a single grade'

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Students celebrating A Level success at Open Academy in Norwich.

A-level students face race for university places after record results

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Students were at The Hive in East Norfolk Sixth Form to collect their results on Tuesday, August 10.

'We deserve it' - A-level students in East Norfolk celebrate

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Students celebrating A Level success at Open Academy in Norwich.

Norfolk Live | Live

A Level results 2021: Live list of results from Norfolk and Waveney

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Students receiving their A Level results at Thetford Academy.

Expected rise in students getting top A-levels not a 'devaluing of grades'

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Students At King Edward VII High School in King's Lynn compare "A" Level results yesterday(thurs).

Are you in our A-level results day pictures of the past?

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Pupils in classroom

How many school exclusions were there in your area?

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Archbishop Sancroft High School, Harleston

The 57 Norfolk and Waveney schools offering summer holiday catch-up classes

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East Coast College students on a previous trip to Italy.

East Coast students entitled to trips to Italy and South Africa

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Construction apprentice on site

Pupils get first hand building site experience to plug skills shortage

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Students getting exam results

When are GCSE and A-level results out and how fair will grades be?

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Neatishead Primary School celebrating after achieving an ‘outstanding’ ranking from Ofsted in 2019. 

Every Norfolk primary school rated as 'Outstanding'

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