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Posts Tagged ‘education’

Searching for a Sixth Form College? Come take a pictorial tour of NewVIc

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 16 June 2017 at 17:13

Take a look at Newham Sixth Form College’s learning environments, LRC, cafe, and of course The New Theatre…

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Parent power on show as ‘huge threat’ of cuts looms over Hackney schools

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 17 May 2017 at 09:08

‘This is not inevitable’, urged campaigners as banners warning of £26 million shortfall were pinned to playground fences across the borough

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Dalston’s Hackney Pirates put on a show at the Rio

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 14 March 2017 at 12:34
Hackney Pirates on stage at the Rio Cinema

Literacy charity premieres film made by children at red carpet bash

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Brick and mortar-board: Hackney Community College’s Brickwork courses building a plumb reputation

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 7 February 2017 at 16:03
Building bricks: HCC workshop technician Mandi measures up.

HCC’s Paul Reed and James Bragg on the how, what and why of studying this most crucial of trades

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It’s wild! Jubilee Primary School pupils create mural of wetlands’ flora and fauna

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 25 January 2017 at 13:17
Pupils with London Wildlife Trust learning officer Aleksander Makucewicz in front of the spectacular mural they created

Teachers let schoolchildren’s creativity run riot on visit to London Wildlife Trust’s Woodberry Wetlands nature reserve – and this funky artwork was the result

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Opening of free school close to Hackney Marshes delayed after Department for Education steps in

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 20 December 2016 at 09:22
An artist's impression of the Barclay Secondary Free School. Image: Lion Education Trust

Project manager for Barclay Secondary Free School acknowledges ‘difficult setback’ following Waltham Forest Council opposition and decision by Whitehall

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Shouts of ‘Shami Chakrabarti!’ as councillors debate ‘inclusive education’

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 1 November 2016 at 13:54

Lib Dems abstain from voting and Tories oppose motion proposed by Cllr Mete Coban lambasting grammar school expansion

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Exploring academisation options ‘pragmatic’, council suggests

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 31 October 2016 at 16:43
Deputy Mayor Anntoinette Bramble.

Anntoinette Bramble, whose brief covers children’s services, has said she does not believe the government’s U-turn on education plan

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Plans for free school close to Hackney Marshes go on public display

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 13 October 2016 at 16:20
An artist's impression of the Barclay Secondary Free School. Image: Lion Education Trust

Lea Bridge Road site was acquired by the Lion Education Trust after Thames Water sold the land to the Education Funding Agency

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Food for thought: Hackney nutrition experts offer healthy eating advice to students

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 12 October 2016 at 13:04
Advice: Marina Biaudet in her Dalston shop. Photograph: Healthy Stuff

Many rely on caffeine and sugar for a mental boost, but there are more natural ways to stay focused

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St Paul’s Way Foundation Primary School – the University Foundation School in the heart of East London

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 5 October 2016 at 12:09
St. Paul's Way Trust School

‘Outstanding’ school welcomes parents and children to their open days

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National Union of Teachers’ blasts shock plan to make all Hackney schools academies

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 30 September 2016 at 11:41
Anne Canning, the head of the Learning Trust

All Hackney’s schools could end up becoming academies under Hackney Learning Trust’s proposal

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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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