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 [...]
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, [...]
January 27th, 2011 with No Comments
School pupils from across Hackney came together today (Thursday 27 January) to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day.
Simon Marks Jewish Primary School was one of a number who attended a special event at the Hackney Town Hall, where they addressed the audience of dignitaries, councillors and community representatives with performances of songs and readings.
The event also saw [...]
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 [...]
July 21st, 2010 with No Comments
A member of The Learning Trust’s legal team has won national recognition for the quality of her reporting and writing skills.
Kym Beeston, senior employment lawyer at The Learning Trust, has been named as one of the 19 amateur journalists long-listed in this year’s Guardian International Development Journalism Competition.
The annual competition aims to raise public awareness of [...]