Sacred Heart Catholic High School

Diamond Okoye and Maggie Stead from St Thomas More Catholic High School pipped the competition to the post in the North Tyneside Council elections, making it the first time that pupils from the school had held both offices.

A former hospitality worker and an ex-researcher are among those graduating from a Newcastle teacher-training programme, which offers a practical, classroom-based route into the profession. Sacred Heart Newcastle is the largest School-Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) Partnership in the North East and welcomes trainees of all ages and backgrounds onto its courses each year.