Parents and carers in Hackney are being urged not to leave it too late to apply for a primary place – and to think carefully about their choice of schools to avoid disappointment.
Applications for September 2012 primary places for children born between 1 September 2007 and 31 August 2008 are now open. Thousands of parents [...]
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Pupils at St John of Jerusalem hold ‘no pens day’
Pupils at St John of Jerusalem primary school put down their pens last week to mark No Pens Day, the launch for the Hello campaign – 2011 national year of communication.
The Hello campaign (www.hello.org.uk) is a year-long campaign to make children and young people’s communication development a priority in homes, nurseries and schools across the [...]
Chaotic, messy but always fun! Hackney’s adventure playgrounds
The Summer Holidays are always the busiest time of the year for Shoreditch and Hackney Marsh Adventure Playgrounds – the two that are run by the Learning Trust in Hackney, which has 7 in total. Here, Play Development Manager Nick Jackson tells us more about them…..
To the uninitiated they may seem at first to be [...]
Hackney children enjoy summer school in countryside
Pupils from Gainsborough Primary School in Hackney have just got back from a week-long residential summer school at the Kench Hill Centre in Kent.
During their trip, children helped in the centre’s new kitchen garden, funded by the Big Lottery’s Local Food programme, and harvested fruit and vegetables. Many of the children had never visited the [...]
Outstanding Ofsted for Mapledene and Queensbridge
Mapledene and Queensbridge Children’s Centre in Hackney has received the highest rating possible from Ofsted, after being judged ‘outstanding’ in every single one of 17 indicators assessed at its latest inspection.
In a glowing report published this month, inspectors describe ‘… an extremely safe environment where caring and trusting relationships are nurtured very effectively.’ They praise [...]
Awards celebrate success of Hackney’s teaching community
On 1 March 2010, Hackney’s teaching and learning community celebrated the achievements of the people responsible for making its schools among the most improved in the country at The Learning Trust Educators’ Awards.
Teachers, support staff, governors, headteachers, business partners and childcare workers were recognised at the biennial event, held at the Tower Hotel, St Katherine’s [...]
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