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Hackney schools showcased at fair

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 [...]

Chaotic, messy but always fun! Hackney’s adventure playgrounds

August 26th, 2011 with 3 Comments

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 [...]

Best ever Key Stage Two results for Hackney Primary schools

August 2nd, 2011 with No Comments

Pupil’s results in English and Maths have risen again as Hackney primary schools record their best ever Key Stage Two results.
The total percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 or above in English and Maths before they leave primary school has risen from 71% to 76%. This is one of the biggest improvements in the country, [...]

CBE for Hackney’s education chief after massive rise in standards

June 15th, 2011 with No Comments

Alan Wood, the Director of Children’s Services in Hackney, has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to Education and to Local Government.
Alan became Chief Executive of The Learning Trust in 2001, the first private, not-for-profit company to take over a local authority’s entire education function. At the time, Hackney was [...]

Learning Trust’s Music Service is first class!

June 8th, 2011 with No Comments

Young musicians in Hackney are receiving first class tuition and support according to an official report on The Learning Trust’s Music Service.
The external review conducted by the Federation of Music Services (FMS) in partnership with the Department for Education (DfE), concluded that the Service is outstanding. It praised in particular the many opportunities for Hackney [...]

When Alan met Auntie

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 [...]

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