December 14th, 2011 with No Comments
Our Lady’s Convent High School’s commitment to Servite values was rewarded recently, when the school became the proud recipient of the London Citizens School of the Year Award.
The award was given to Our Lady’s for its commitment to justice and for being involved in practical projects to improve the lives of its students and their [...]
December 12th, 2011 with No Comments
Haggerston School performed Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies’ to over 100 primary school students and an audience of 600 staff, family and friends over three nights last week.
Headteacher, Dr Jane Keeley, said “Everyone I spoke to was extremely impressed, especially those who had never seen a Haggerston production before, and who did not know [...]
December 12th, 2011 with No Comments
When it comes to indoor athletics, pupils from Our Lady’s Convent High School, prove they are eight of the best.
Eight year 7 girls have beaten all comers to be crowned the best in Hackney.
They beat teams from Cardinal Pole, Urswick School, Petchey Academy, City Academy, Stoke Newington, Skinners Academy and Bridge Academy, [...]
November 9th, 2011 with No Comments
The Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs at the United Nations has visited a Hackney Academy to support the students and their aspirations.
Baroness Amos, who was the first black woman to sit in the Cabinet, met students from Clapton Girls’ Academy in Hackney on Wednesday at an event to celebrate its status as an Academy. Clapton [...]
October 4th, 2011 with No Comments
Hackney school pupils are looking forward to a special visit today (Tuesday 4 October) from children from Mexico, Canada, Luxembourg and beyond who are arriving in London for the WorldSkills event.
Around 400 Competitors and Team delegates will visit 16 schools in Hackney for a special Welcome Event organised and hosted by students.
WorldSkills London 2011, the [...]
October 3rd, 2011 with No Comments
Pupils at St Matthias’ Primary School in Hackney had a visit from the Speaker of Hackney last week, as she presented certificates at their weekly celebration of school success.
Every Friday the school holds a celebration assembly to highlight all the great things that have happened that week. Classes with the best attendance are given bowls [...]
August 25th, 2011 with No Comments
Three students at Cardinal Pole Catholic School, Hackney, are celebrating today after achieving an incredible 18 A*s, 9As and 3 Bs between them
Nneoma Nwaosu, Georgina Appeagyei and Aminat Oladipupo are just three of the many students at Cardinal Pole celebrating impressive results today – these are the best GCSE results yet for the South Hackney [...]
June 15th, 2011 with No Comments
Pupils from Hackney Free & Parochial and Stoke Newington Secondary Schools saw their poster designs picked as part of a competition to celebrate Gypsy Roma Traveller History (GRTHM) Month.
The pupils were presented with an award by Mayor Jules Pipe at the event at the Hackney Central Library which included Irish dancing from the Maguire O’Shea [...]
June 14th, 2011 with 1 Comment
After five rounds of gruelling auditions a budding young Hackney performer is overjoyed to have been awarded one of only fifteen places this year for female actresses at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA).
Selected from over 3,500 applications nineteen year old Rashmika Torchia is no stranger to success, being congratulated in August [...]