November 7th, 2011 with No Comments
Parents and carers in Hackney are being urged not to miss out as new data shows that 20 per cent of those eligible to claim a free school meal for their child have not done so.
Hackney residents who receive income support or similar benefits are entitled to apply for free school meals for their child, [...]
October 27th, 2011 with No Comments
At a time when university access is deemed more financially challenging than ever before and words/acronyms such as “NEETS”, “recession” and “unemployment” dominate the news agenda – a local Academy has invited North and East London schools (in Hackney, Haringey, Islington, Tower Hamlets and Newham) to join forces in tackling uncertainty and negative student perceptions [...]
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 [...]
July 25th, 2011 with No Comments
Our Lady’s Convent High School played host to pupils from other Hackney schools at a special conference to look at issues affecting young people in the borough.
The ‘World on the Street’ workshops centred around the theme ‘What empowers and disempowers young women today in Hackney’ with workshops on crime, teen pregnancy and relationships.
The workshops [...]
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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