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Why will secondary pupils still have to wear face masks after Easter?

Students in secondary schools and colleges will still have to wear face coverings after the Easter break.

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Students at Norfolk secondary schools will need to continue wearing face masks when they return to classrooms next week. Face coverings have been required in secondary schools and in colleges and for adults in primary schools since the return...
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

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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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Asa Hardy-Brownlie and Ian Sippitt who have founded their own remote learning Forest Folk YouTube channel.

Teachers launch YouTube channel from Norfolk forest

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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’

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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’

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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

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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

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Families have been told a review of school transport arrangements means a new operator will take over taxi services to and...

Special school children ‘facing horrendous anxiety’ over transport shake-up

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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’

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Year 9 Old Buckenham High School student Edgar Da Silva

Schools race to complete testing for pupils' return on first day back

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Secondary school pupils

Nine in 10 Norfolk pupils get preferred secondary school place

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Deborah Dunseith, from Old Buckenham, with her son Alex Dunseith, 17, who has anxiety and studies a T Level in IT at the...

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'Cold and callous' - Parents fear cuts to centre will harm anxious...

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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

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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

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

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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

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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...

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

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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

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Acorn Park School in Banham that has seen a coronavirus outbreak. Picture: Sonya Duncan

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Parents say Norfolk special school is 'failing their children'

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Children need a laptop or tablet for homeschool.

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'The final push' - Every Child Online campaign nears 6,000 laptops

Casey Cooper-Fiske

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Colman Junior School was closed on Monday. 

Snow sees 350 schools forced to close

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Schoolchildren make their way to primary school but closures are to last until at least March 8.

Schools reopening: What are the facts and when might it happen?

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Wymondham High Academy entrance at Folly Road, Wymondham. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY

School's £4m expansion will offer hundreds of extra pupil places

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The Every Child Online campaign has seen over 1,000 laptops delivered to disadvantaged children across the county.

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Children's laptop campaign passes half way mark to 6,000 target

Casey Cooper-Fiske

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Claire Cullens, chief executive of the Norfolk Community Foundation. Photo: Norfolk Community Founda

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Campaign hopes to 'plug the gap' with laptops for school leavers

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Stephen Fry has told Norfolk school staff 'be kind to yourself'.

Stephen Fry gives surprise morale-boosting message to schools

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Children need a laptop or tablet for homeschool.

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Parents tell how laptops have simplified home schooling

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Ivan Sarti, IT Director of Lotus Cars and Kenny Newbegin, ICT Solutions at Norfolk County Council at County Hall yesterday...

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Motoring giant pledges more than 600 brand new laptops to appeal

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Kenny Newbegin, head of ICT solutions at Norfolk County Council, with a pile of laptops donated by car manufacturer Lotus.

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More than 1,000 laptops donated to children in need in campaign

Casey Cooper-Fiske

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