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
Hackney’s young people have raised the bar once again! From Key Stage 2 results, which show 69 per cent of pupils are now above Level 4 for English and Maths combined, to A Level results that put many students in the top third nationally, there is so much evidence to show why Hackney is one [...]
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 [...]
July 1st, 2010 with No Comments
Around 120 Hackney primary schoolchildren received rave reviews from a series of packed theatre audiences on June 29 and June 30 as they took part in a jazz opera about baseball and racial prejudice.
Pupils from Kingsmead and Jubilee Primary Schools were performing in Hackney Music Development Trust’s production of Shadowball at the Mermaid Theatre, Blackfriars.
The [...]
June 29th, 2010 with No Comments
Over the past few weeks, students from across Hackney have been busy sitting their GCSE and A-Level exams, hoping that all their hard work will bring even greater success than their predecessors achieved last year.
To help give those students an extra boost, The Learning Trust and a number of Hackney secondary schools have designed, printed [...]
May 20th, 2010 with 1 Comment
‘Trailblazer’ pupils from ten Hackney secondary schools had afternoon tea at the House of Lords last week. The party was attended by notable public figures and celebrities, who took part in table discussions with the students to come up with lists of the ‘ingredients’ they felt contributed to making their schools successful.
The results will be [...]
April 28th, 2010 with No Comments
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 [...]