Posts Tagged ‘education’
Hackney free school proposal gets thumbs down
Consultation with local residents show lack of support for state-funded private school
Read MoreHackney primary schools Key Stage 2 results best ever
New figures show pupils’ results in English and maths are above the national and London averages
Read MorePrivate firm sniffs a profit in coalition schools policy
‘Mossbourne two’ would meet demands of parents who beg for a place at academy in east London, says headteacher
Read MoreHackney parents to vote on secular and faith schools merger
Parents of pupils at Springfield, St. Matthias and St. John the Baptist have until 13 June to respond to plans to federate the schools
Read MoreHackney MP joins row over free school
Cash may be diverted, says Meg Hillier
Read MoreTop 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 MoreSkinners Academy pioneers 21st century approach with new building
An old school with a new twist officially opens on Woodberry Down
Read MoreStand-up to help students with new charity
As tuition fees continue to make the news, the comedian Josie Long has taken her comedy – and her actions – into the political arena, setting up a charity to support students
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 MoreStudent by day … lap-dancer by night
It doesn’t clash with lectures and pays up to £300 a night. Rowenna Davis talks to students who are funding their studies by lap-dancing
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 MoreHackney must unite against government cuts
A local councillor’s view on what the cuts will mean for local residents
Read MoreStudents: EMA is a necessity, not a bribe
Sixth-form pupils express anger at their media portrayal as ‘goons’
Read MoreKen Livingstone joins Hackney anti EMA cuts demonstration
Students march from BSix sixth form college to the Town Hall to protest cuts to Educational Maintenance Allowances
Read MoreHow to turn 60,000 students into unqualified drop-outs
The axing of the education maintenance allowance to help poor teenagers stay at school feels like targeted government malice
Read MoreBest primary schools snub government’s academies offer
In spite of the lure of potentially more cash, several are rejecting the opportunity to convert to academies
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
Jude Law goes back to school to launch film competition for pupils
Actor visits east London academy to congratulate and encourage children who made short film on peace theme
Read MoreJewish schools are not a faith school ‘menace’
My local Jewish primary is multicultural and academically excellent, and shows Dawkins is wrong about faith schools
Read MoreMuslim schoolgirls show that faith and fashion are not incompatible
Students gave traditional dress a makeover after winning places on an Islamic fashion course
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