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Posts Tagged ‘Ofsted’

Leader – ‘Lives, not spreadsheets’: Hackney’s new mayor is right to doubt the dashboard — but on climate, targets are how we survive

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 6 June 2026 at 11:55
Hackney Citizen crest

Standing in the council chamber at the first full meeting since the Greens’ landslide, Hackney’s new mayor set out a governing creed in plain terms

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‘Uncertain’ future for 180 Stamford Hill pupils as Charedi primary school faces closure

By Niall Holden | Thursday 4 June 2026 at 16:42

So far, no alternative premises have been secured for the pupils

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Ofsted tells Hackney Council to act quickly as too many SEND children excluded from school

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 6 February 2026 at 09:50
Hackney Town Hall

A report published on 5 February the watchdog found the number of SEND children excluded from Hackney secondary schools had been high for “too long”

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Mossbourne safeguarding review author Sir Alan Wood appointed to Ofsted governing body

By Lizzie McAllister | Thursday 15 January 2026 at 17:11
Sir Alan Wood

Sir Alan is one of five new appointments to the watchdog’s board

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BSix teachers to strike as sixth-form college mulls A-level cuts

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 9 June 2025 at 18:03

Educators to stage 16-day walkout as local politicians decry New City College’s ‘money-making agenda’

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Council launches plan to improve support for care leavers following Ofsted criticism

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 15 October 2024 at 12:01
Hackney Town Hall

Inspectors found children’s services had ‘greatly improved’, but said work still had to be done for care experience

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Safeguarding expert warning over children in unregistered Hackney ‘schools’

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 27 January 2023 at 11:08
Jim Gamble

‘The influence that we have is fundamentally undermined by a whack-a-mole approach’

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Child protection services ‘strong’ in Hackney despite ‘workforce challenges’, Ofsted finds

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 9 November 2022 at 19:14
Hackney Town Hall

Children’s social care chief ‘very pleased’ that inspectors recognised council’s ‘effective support’

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Outpouring of sexual abuse allegations from UK students acted as a ‘wake-up call’ in Hackney, say education bosses

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 20 January 2022 at 14:28

Testimonies involving two local schools are among 54,000 on website where survivors can share their stories

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Four Orthodox schools in Hackney fail 29 of last 30 Ofsted visits between them

By Jacob Dirnhuber, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 1 July 2021 at 14:26

Bnois Jerusalem, Wiznitz Cheder, Talmud Torah Yetev Lev, and TTD Gur schools have all been rated ‘inadequate’ since at least 2014

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Cuts to embattled children’s services could have ‘serious impact’, union warns council

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 19 March 2021 at 11:17
Hackney Town Hall

Explosive letter from Unison relays claims from staff about management failures inside a department that is still in Ofsted’s crosshairs

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Town Hall publishes action plan to improve children’s services following Ofsted criticism

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 29 October 2020 at 21:52
Hackney Town Hall

Council administration pledge ‘quick and sustainable improvements’ with commitment to improve outcomes for families and disabled children

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Town Hall pumps £3.5m into children’s social care following Ofsted criticism

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 24 January 2020 at 17:32

Funding allocation part of Town Hall drive for services to improve from ‘Requires Improvement’ rating to ‘Outstanding’ within two years

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Deputy Mayor calls for councils to be given power to intervene in failing free schools

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 30 October 2019 at 18:20
Deputy Mayor Anntoinette Bramble.

Government programme criticised by councillors as calls made for increased interim funding for struggling Hackney New School

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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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‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way’: Urswick head on how the school provides free meals for all

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 16 October 2018 at 15:04

Richard Brown responds to campaign to stop children in Hackney being denied food due to their parents’ immigration status, saying the school has funded meals for all its students for years

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Jewish school in Hackney singled out for praise by Ofsted boss

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 20 July 2018 at 16:02

Chief inspector Amanda Spielman highlights Simon Marks primary in speech about teaching British values

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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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Jewish school defends censoring textbooks to cover up women and hide mentions of homosexuality

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 9 March 2018 at 15:24

Stamford Hill secondary school says policy ‘protects girls from sexualisation’

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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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