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Posts Tagged ‘Richard Brown’

Child Q review: School policing in Hackney set for major shake-up

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 16 September 2024 at 20:00
The Child Q scandal sparked protests in Hackney.

Officers’ roles in schools to be redefined after notorious strip-search incident

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‘So exciting’: Hackney schoolboy plays organ for 2,000 people at St Paul’s Cathedral

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 20 February 2024 at 10:59

Peter Maku, 14, says he is ‘very proud’ after playing a Bach composition on the venue’s famous instrument

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‘Something needs to be done’: Hackney headteachers speak out as cost-of-living crisis hits schools and families

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 3 November 2022 at 09:44

Educators call for more help at meeting about how schools are stepping in to support children and parents

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Headteacher accuses council of plotting school closures with ‘data that doesn’t stack up’

By Jacob Dirnhuber, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 30 June 2021 at 11:28

Urswick’s Richard Brown says Town Hall assumes ‘number of kids in primary school will be exactly replicated by the time they go to secondary school’

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Some children with SEND ‘only getting an hour of education a day’, warns local headteacher

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 13 May 2021 at 11:24

Richard Brown calls for ‘urgent’ oversight of special schools outside the borough where local children have been placed

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Town Hall urged to ensure greater uptake of free school meals

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 8 December 2020 at 20:55
Sunday's best: Licensing committee considers Hoppers' bid for longer opening hours

Families boss vows to spend on promoting information after local headteacher says ‘not enough is being done’

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Debate around natural hair reaches Town Hall as Williams family call for law change

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 27 February 2020 at 22:32

Family seeks end to ‘society’s obsession with policing black hair’ as councillor calls on schools to celebrate World Afro Day

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Revealed: Local politicians tried in vain to resolve Ruby Williams case

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 20 February 2020 at 21:20

Urswick headteacher rejected issues as ‘monumental distraction’ as Hackney South MP praises ‘strength and resilience’ of Williams family

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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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Urswick student’s Black History Month flag raised above Hackney Town Hall

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 10 October 2018 at 09:55

Year 9 pupil Malaika Parillon Langlais Baron’s ‘highly creative’ design was selected from 75 competition entries

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Hackney pupils collect their GCSE results

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 23 August 2018 at 13:23

We bring you the latest as schools across the borough open their doors

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Hackney students pick up their A-level results

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 16 August 2018 at 11:44

Jitters and joy aplenty as we bring you the latest from schools across the borough

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Hackney pupils pick up their GCSE results

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 24 August 2017 at 10:55

Follow the latest from schools as the first students to be impacted by new GCSE reforms open those all-important envelopes

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Urswick is first school in Hackney to bag national equality award

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 22 August 2017 at 14:14

Staff ‘extremely proud’ of tribute recognising the school’s commitment to challenging discrimination

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Victory for campaigners in ‘turnaround’ over Hackney Wick regeneration

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 1 April 2016 at 07:00
Hackney Wick £10m regeneration Stockwool

But scheme offers ‘little provision for families’, some residents say

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Creative industry ‘at risk’ as developers plan to demolish heritage buildings

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 29 January 2015 at 10:26

Critics slam Hackney Wick and Fish Island conservation area as a ‘waste of time’ as Swan Wharf and Wallis Road Studios face wrecking ball

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‘Blatantly an area for families’: regeneration comes to Hackney Wick but tensions remain

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 21 February 2014 at 14:55

Artists fear unique flavour of area risks being lost

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Urswick School bans packed lunches

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 19 July 2013 at 11:57

Free school meals offered instead following controversial advice picked up in bid to boost healthy eating

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Hackney free schools – the debate continues

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 18 January 2013 at 14:31

Politicians and teachers are no closer to consensus as Hackney counts down to the opening of two new free schools in the borough

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