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Posts Tagged ‘education’

Former Ofsted director to front Hackney’s schools supergroup

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 25 September 2019 at 15:59

The aptly named Eleanor Schooling will chair a new board that gives headteachers a say in the council’s education plans

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‘One in ten adults in Hackney struggle to read’: Meet the charity trying to change the story

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 2 September 2019 at 14:48

Read Easy UK chose the borough as the place to begin its expansion into London last year – team leader Serena Naismith explains why

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SAE London – The home of creatives

By Advertising Feature | Tuesday 20 August 2019 at 11:56

SAE London, a creative media higher education provider in Haggerston, has put together a handy guide to the clearing process

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Thirty-seven Hackney primary schools sign up for census lessons

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 23 July 2019 at 17:32

A free course created by the Office for National Statistics is being rolled out ahead of the next national headcount in 2021

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Stage set for £700k overhaul of Stoke Newington School’s theatre and drama studio

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 18 July 2019 at 16:29

Renovation work is part of Hackney Council’s £20m investment in school buildings across the borough over the next two years

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Over 1,500 children compete in Young Hackney’s 12th annual sports day

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 12 July 2019 at 13:22

Personal Bests, run by the Town Hall’s youth service, saw the most-improved pupils from 14 schools compete to break their own records

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Council urged to ‘support and encourage’ local schools in wake of Birmingham LGBT+ protests

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 19 June 2019 at 12:46

Scrutiny commission suggests ‘local repository’ for LGBT+ school policies

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Benthal Primary parents ‘thrilled’ as council shelves plans to rebuild school

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 19 December 2018 at 11:06

Council states Shoreditch Park academy still ‘much-needed’ though Save Britannia Leisure Centre campaigners sceptical

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‘We don’t use WhatsApp’: Young people deliver Snapchat training to council safeguarding officers

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 14 December 2018 at 21:24

‘Paradigm shift’ in social care underway as Town Hall presents new approach of contextualised safeguarding

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FREE full time and part time nursery places for three-year-olds in Hackney

By Advertising Feature | Tuesday 11 December 2018 at 13:48

St Mary’s primary School in Stoke Newington is taking applications for January and September intakes

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‘Groundbreaking’: The Hackney school offering would-be doctors the ‘same chance as private pupils’

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 18 October 2018 at 12:26

Mossbourne Community Academy says its medical bursary ‘far exceeds’ the support on offer at many private schools

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‘Disappointment’ from children’s health services over levels of funding

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 11 October 2018 at 17:02

Deputy Mayor questions ‘low’ allocation of cash for children and young people’s health

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Hackney students set for more engineering challenges – just months after escaping an asteroid

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 26 September 2018 at 10:54

Petchey Academy reveals packed science and tech line-up for pupils after the summer’s successful Mission to Mars contest

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From cupcakes to ping pong: Meet the Hackney sixth formers bringing cheer to the community

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 21 September 2018 at 10:41

The volunteering programme at Our Lady’s school sees pupils helping out across the borough every week

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‘Secularist plot’: Controversy-hit Jewish school lashes out at Ofsted after ‘Inadequate’ rating

By Max Eckersley | Wednesday 27 June 2018 at 15:41

Yesodey Hatorah says watchdog’s report shows ‘disrespect for the Orthodox community’ amid calls from humanists for the school to be shut

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Deputy Mayor scolds William Patten parents over pollution ‘publicity stunts’

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 20 June 2018 at 17:56

Campaigners hit back at Cllr Feryal Demirci’s ‘ill-informed and personal attack on constituents’

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Calls for SEND cuts ‘moratorium’ as Hackney Council signs letter urging funding boost

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 18 June 2018 at 15:46
Children protest SEND changes outside Hackney Town Hall

Parents and carers says special needs cuts should be stopped ‘now’

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Stoke Newington headteacher made Director of Education for Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 24 May 2018 at 11:07

Annie Gammon will take over from interim director Sian Davies in September

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Deputy Mayor loses SEND brief in cabinet reshuffle, as Chris Kennedy joins the fray

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 15 May 2018 at 13:22

New cabinet member will be ‘leading’ on SEND as council makes £5 million of cuts

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Hackney’s Deputy Mayor welcomes MPs’ SEND inquiry – but campaigners dismiss probe as PR effort

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 23 April 2018 at 14:23
Children protest SEND changes outside Hackney Town Hall

‘We don’t need an inquiry to tell us what’s going wrong’

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