Education
Top universities patronising poorer teenagers, headteacher says
Sir Michael Wilshaw says clever pupils from poorer backgrounds want to get into Oxbridge on their merits, not by being given lower offers
Read MoreLondon Fields and Horizon schools praised by Ofsted
Heads and staff win recognition for rapid improvements
Read MorePlans afoot for Free School for Hackney
Parents and teachers have put forward ideas for a state-funded school that is free from local authority control
Read MoreTen Mossbourne academy students win Cambridge University offers
Former Ofsted inspector praises ‘spectacular breakthrough’ at Mossbourne academy in Hackney, one of poorest parts of UK
Read MoreLessons on gay history cut homophobic bullying in north London school
• Abuse and harassment ‘more or less eliminated’
• Classes to be shared with teachers around country
Hackney Community College hosts Big Education Debate
Find out which Hackney South parliamentary candidates came top of the class
Read MoreHackney school praised by Prime Minister and Diane Abbott MP
Woodberry Down’s success sees Government pledge more schools like it
Read MoreSchools minister comments on Learning Trust’s failures
Hackney bottom of SATS league table every year since quango takeover
Read MoreHackney primary schools bottom of league tables
SAT scores lowest in England for seventh year in a row
Read MoreHackney’s schools to be back in local hands
Hackney National Union of Teachers welcomes ‘return to democratic accountability’
Read MoreConsult us over nursery management, say parents
Questions raised over reasons for change and fears of ‘consequences for standard of care’
Read MorePrime Minister visits The City Academy
New £30 million school in Homerton Road welcomes Gordon Brown
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