Excellence in Education programme

Our ambition is to build an economy everyone can contribute to and benefit from. We aim to equip residents with the skills and support needed for the region to thrive. The North East CA aims to do this in part by directly supporting schools, children and their families with a targeted education improvement programme. 

The Excellence in Education (EiE) Programme is focused on taking steps to address the significant educational achievement gap in our area, with pupils in the North East likely to underperform in comparison to their peers elsewhere in the country. The programme works collaboratively right across the education landscape, adding value to the work of our constituent local authorities. The programme has developed a convening role within education in the region, bringing together LAs, Multi Academy Trusts, School Federations, Teaching School Hubs and Research Schools as well as individual schools. This shared sense of collaborative working across a complex education system provides a social return on investment that would not occur without this programme.

The Excellence in Education Programme has three priority areas:

1. Inclusion: improving attendance levels, addressing the social, emotional mental health and wellbeing of children and young people, and supporting transitions for pupils both into school and within phases e.g. Primary to Secondary. 
2. Realising Potential: supporting skills development in literacy, oracy and mathematics for our most disadvantaged children and young people and promoting cultural and social capital.
3. Teacher Wellbeing and Development: investing in the skills, resilience and leadership strengths of teachers and leaders, to create a sustainable culture of excellence in our schools. 

We also provide a small grants programme that is designed to support the development of creative, innovative and scalable approaches to tackle the challenges which schools are facing.