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 [...]
September 14th, 2011 with No Comments
Hundreds of parents and carers flocked to the annual Hackney Secondary School’s Fair this week to find out more about education in the borough.
The fair, which showcases all secondary schools in Hackney, took place on Tuesday 13 September at The Urswick School in Paragon Road. In addition to meeting teachers and headteachers, parents were also [...]
June 24th, 2011 with No Comments
Writers shortlisted for this year’s prestigious Carnegie award met students from ten Hackney secondary schools on Tuesday 21 June, at a special ‘Ask the Author’ day organised by The Learning Trust.
Authors Meg Rosoff (The Bride’s Farewell), Geraldine Mccaughrean (The Death Defying Pepper Roux) and Jason Wallace (Out Of Shadows) were amongst six authors nominated for [...]
May 23rd, 2011 with No Comments
A young poet from Clapton has had her work recognised by the National Trust.
Ella Belton-Saunders, a student at Clapton Girls’ Technology College, was inspired to put pen to paper for the Trust Magazine’s first ever competition, ‘Landlines’.
Over 1,700 entries were received, written to the theme of ‘the Outdoors’. Looking particularly for poems that startled, surprised [...]
August 27th, 2010 with No Comments
Many A Level and BTEC students across Hackney had reason to celebrate this month as the borough’s schools and colleges produced another set of outstanding individual results.
Following on from last year’s success, when many students recorded results that ranked in the top third nationally, there were a whole host of new success stories to match [...]
August 27th, 2010 with No Comments
A year after their GCSE results soared above the national average for the first time, schools across Hackney have unveiled another set of record-breaking results.
Several schools in the borough, including Our Lady’s Convent High School, Clapton Girls’ Technology School, Haggerston School and Hackney Free and Parochial Church of England Secondary School, have recorded their best [...]