ON Thursday this week The Northern Echo will announce its first ever Education Awards.
The Northern Echo Schools Awards 2014 will be open to schools across a broad swathe of the region from North Durham down to York.
Readers will be able to nominate schools for a number of different awards.
Full details of all the awards categories and how to nominate your local school will be carried in The Northern Echo on Thursday, February 13.
Shortlisted schools will be featured in a special supplement on March 19 and the award ceremony will take place in the week beginning March 31.
Full details of the winners will be published on April 7.
Entry nominations will be free.
For more information see Thursday’s paper or go online
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