academy schools – Hackney Citizen

Catholic Church’s plan to academise six Hackney schools under scrutiny

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 12 February 2021 at 19:18

Four of the schools in question join the council in calling for a halt to the proposals amid the pandemic

Novelist Alan Gibbons on why he is opposed to forced academisation and ‘exam factories’

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 12 October 2016 at 12:46

Alan Gibbons with pupils and one of his youth novels

After academy schools plan for all borough’s schools is revealed, former teacher turned children’s fiction writer gives his views

Best primary schools snub government’s academies offer

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 3 November 2010 at 19:06

Henry Stewart

In spite of the lure of potentially more cash, several are rejecting the opportunity to convert to academies