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Posts Tagged ‘education’

‘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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Hackney Deputy Mayor to scrap SEND funding changes – but five per cent cuts will go ahead

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 19 March 2018 at 15:10

Cabinet will tonight formally drop the changes and set up a parents working group

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Children protest SEND cuts at Hackney Town Hall as parents address council

By Adam Barnett | Thursday 22 February 2018 at 18:37

Deputy Mayor Bramble offers ‘co-production’ with parents to manage changes

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Chaos at Town Hall meeting after ‘disgusted’ resident urges council to scrap Walford Road closures

By Adam Barnett | Thursday 22 February 2018 at 09:08

Pollution debate over William Patten Primary stopped by Speaker’s gavel

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Cleaners at six Hackney schools vote to strike over Living Wage and holiday pay

By Adam Barnett | Friday 5 January 2018 at 12:35
Hackney Town Hall

Unite the union warns ‘classroom rubbish will be uncollected and toilets uncleaned’

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New ‘Hackney Schools Group’ gets go-ahead from cabinet as an alternative to academy trust

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 19 December 2017 at 06:00

‘School-led’ federation agreed at Town Hall meeting now set for public consultation

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We don’t need no school selection, say 65 per cent of Hackney residents

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 7 December 2017 at 16:29

Council survey finds 72 per cent want schools to be neutral on religion

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St John the Baptist school awarded top marks by education watchdog

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 9 November 2017 at 14:47

Hoxton school is eighteenth in borough to win ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted

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ELATT: a learning community that helps people of all ages move forward in their lives

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 10 July 2017 at 11:02
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At ELATT we think everyone should have the chance to learn new skills. So whoever you are, whatever your age and wherever you’re from, we’re here to help you take your future further

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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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