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 [...]
August 25th, 2011 with No Comments
Hackney is top of the class once again after schools in the borough achieved their best ever GCSE results. This year, 58% of students achieved five good GCSEs including English and Maths – a rise of almost 3% on last year. Yet again, this places the borough above both last year’s national and Inner London averages. [...]
August 25th, 2011 with No Comments
One Clapton Girls’ Technology College student revealed the secrets to her GCSE success today – she has never taken a day off school.
Michelle Jansen, who scored 6A*s, 5As and 1 B, has 100% attendance. She said: “I’m surprised, and so pleased. My attendance certainly helped with my results, as well as all the hard [...]
August 25th, 2011 with No Comments
Haggerston School pupil Mae-Li Evans adds 10A*s and 1A to the title of Hackney Jack Petchey Speak Out challenge winner after impressing judges with her speech on procrastination.
Commenting on her grades, she said: “I was quite worried about one of my grades but it’s turned out well so I’m proud of that. Next year I’m [...]
August 25th, 2011 with No Comments
A Petchey Academy student is celebrating today after overcoming the barriers presented to her by dyslexia to excel in her GCSEs.
Esme Kirk, 15, secured all excellent GCSEs including an A* in History and a B in maths. The grades will allow her to go on and study English Literature, History and Textiles at The Petchey [...]
August 25th, 2011 with No Comments
For the third consecutive year, students at Hackney Free and Parochial Secondary School in Paragon Road are celebrating record GCSE results.
77% of Year 11 students achieved five or more GCSE grades at A* to C. This is a 21% increase on the previous year. 45% of students achieved five or more GCSEs grades A*-C including [...]
August 25th, 2011 with 1 Comment
Just one week after celebrating chart-topping A Level results, Stoke Newington School has achieved its best GCSE results yet. Seventy-two per cent of students achieved five good GCSEs, an increase of 8% on last year. Over 38% of Year 11 students got 3 or more A /A* grades – again an increase from 28% last year. This follows [...]
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 [...]
August 25th, 2011 with No Comments
Our Lady’s Convent High School students saw their English Baccalaureate (EBacc) percentage rise to 36%, an impressive 21% above last year’s national average. In 2010, the EBacc was introduced by the Department for Education as a performance measure for students studying their GCSEs. It recognises the students who secure good GCSE passes across a breadth [...]