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Posts Tagged ‘education’

Hackney in top five most ‘anti grammar school’ areas of England

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 12 September 2016 at 15:08
YouGov's map shows areas in red that are against grammar schools and those in green that are in favour of them. Image: YouGov

Pollster YouGov says borough came fifth out of 148 parts of England least well disposed towards this type of school

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Mulberry University Technical College to open for September ’17 enrolment

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 5 September 2016 at 15:26
Mulberry UTC 1

The new building in Bow will have a range of creative and digital and healthcare facilities, from labs to studios and even a theatre

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Literacy on the high seas: Hackney Pirates looks back on an incredible six years

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 23 August 2016 at 14:10
A Hackney Pirates trip to Ridley Road market, complete with 'future glasses.' Photograph: Hackney Pirates

Pioneering afterschool club’s founder Catriona Maclay looks back on its successes thus far

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Former Hoxton headteacher banned after hitting five-year-old pupil

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 13 July 2016 at 18:02
Mustard School

Amos and Faith Johnson found guilty of breaching teacher standards and abuse of position whilst running the now-closed Mustard School

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Second Stamford Hill Jewish school criticised for failing to teach about same-sex relationships

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 12 July 2016 at 19:12
Beis Malka School on Alkham Road

‘It seems that our religious beliefs are now a barrier to our school’s success,’ says Beis Malka Girls’ School governor following Ofsted inspection

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Ofsted criticises Stamford Hill Jewish school for failing to teach about same-sex orientation

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 July 2016 at 18:57
Pupils leave after the school day at Talmud Torah Machzikei Hadass. Photograph: Hackney Citizen

Pupils at Talmud Torah Machzikei Hadass school are being “shielded from learning about particular differences, such as sexual orientation”

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Free school’s bid to convert former police station blocked

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 16 June 2016 at 21:23
The former Hackney Central Police Station, before it closed last July.

Council’s planning committee scuppers cop shop school scheme

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Hackney New School makes architectural grade

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 8 June 2016 at 16:55

Hackney New School is responding to the challenges – budgetary or otherwise – of a new era in school building

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Lubavitch Senior Girls’ School rated ‘good’ by Ofsted

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 3 June 2016 at 11:07
Lubavitch Senior Girls School

‘Headteacher has worked with determination and vision’

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Former Hackney ‘superhead’ banned from teaching for life by Education Secretary

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 3 June 2016 at 10:44
GREG WALLACE best start federation hackney headteacher

Nicky Morgan rejects advice and bans Greg Wallace from teaching indefinitely over £1m financial misconduct

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‘Hidden’ report reveals air pollution at 27 Hackney schools over EU limits

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 18 May 2016 at 11:04

Primary schools in most deprived boroughs – including Hackney – tend on average to be more exposed to poor air quality, report finds

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Hackney New School to unveil new art, music and science buildings

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 3 May 2016 at 17:49
Photograph: Eva Rinaldi via Flickr

Hackney rapper Professor Green will launch extra facilities on Friday

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Illegal Jewish schools: council denies cover up over ‘missing’ children

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 5 April 2016 at 11:40
Stamford Hill Street

Council education chiefs accused of ‘destroying’ evidence of Jewish children dropping off education system

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Council gets stick over school grounds sell-off ‘trick’

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 23 March 2016 at 17:15
New Regent's College

Plan to stack flats on top of a school for pupils with special educational needs comes in for criticism

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Hackney teachers strike over ‘attack’ on sixth-form colleges

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 17 March 2016 at 13:21
BSix teachers on the picket line. Photograph: Hackney NUT

Lessons cancelled at BSix College in Clapton as teachers take action against government cuts to further education funding

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Ofsted apologises to Stamford Hill Jewish school for ‘erroneously published’ report

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 11 March 2016 at 15:42
Stamford Hill Street

Beis Malka Girls’ school was not given a chance to respond to the education watchdog’s findings

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Hackney Community College to merge with Tower Hamlets College amid budget squeeze

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 22 February 2016 at 13:16

Public asked to suggest a new name for colleges’ governance structure

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Orthodox Jewish schools slammed for ‘narrow views of role of women in society’

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 18 February 2016 at 17:33
Stamford Hill Street

Ofsted finds multiple failings at two independent religious schools in Stamford Hill

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Feminism wins place on A-Level politics syllabus

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 12 February 2016 at 08:00
Mary Wollstonecraft by John Opie

Students could now study key figures of borough’s radical past

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Hackney pupils beat national average in GCSE results

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 28 January 2016 at 14:49
Hackney students outperform in GCSE results Urswick student Khadijat Lawal

Percentage of Hackney students achieving benchmark of five A*-C grades almost seven points higher than England average

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