November 18th, 2011 with No Comments
To mark Anti-bullying week, which took place between 14-18 November this year, Tabitha Flynn, Head Of Learning at The City Academy, Hackney talks about how her school tackles bullying.
The City Academy, Hackney has simple, clear routines that prevent bullying. For example, students are supervised to and from their lessons. This has a huge impact [...]
November 8th, 2011 with No Comments
The Learning Trust has launched a campaign ‘Don’t miss out’ to make sure that those eligible for free school meals apply. It’s also a chance for us to highlight the fantastic food on offer in our school canteens. Here, school chef Joseph Santagada, tells us about lunchtimes at The Urswick School, Hackney.
Eating a healthy, balanced [...]
October 25th, 2011 with No Comments
A Hackney school teacher has taken the top spot in a list of the 100 most influential gays and lesbians in the UK, beating other famous names like Clare Balding, Alan Carr and Evan Davies.
Elly Barnes, a teacher at Stoke Newington School, was nominated for the accolade by readers of the Independent on Sunday for [...]
October 25th, 2011 with No Comments
Four Sixth Formers from Clapton Girls’ Academy found themselves sleeping under the stars in a game reserve this Summer.
Briony Lambert, Tania Hossain, Titilope Badru and Alexie Telan were chosen to be part of the Wild Swans Womens’ Leadership scheme which takes young women with leadership potential on a remarkable journey of self discovery [...]
May 20th, 2010 with No Comments
The Learning Trust chief executive Alan Wood was interviewed this month at the Trust by John Humphrys, presenter of Radio 4’s flagship Today programme.
The meeting will feature in a documentary about social mobility, which will form the centrepiece of a season of programmes about education to be broadcast on BBC2 this September. The programme aims [...]