East London celebrated two years until the start of the 2012 Olympics yesterday, with a number of events which allowed the outside world the first close look at the Olympic Park. Schoolchildren from Hackney and Tower Hamlets among others joined athletes, past and present and celebrities for a tour of the site before joining four-times [...]
Rapper, entrepreneur, fashion designer Tinchy Stryder is east London through and through. A genuine cockney, he was born in earshot of Bow bells, and despite hitting music superstardom, tries to find time to go home for his tea… Speaking exclusively to EastLondonLines, the rapper said: ”Where I’ve come from, where I’ve grown up, my family, [...]
The Rag Factory off Brick Lane currently has a lot of silent, empty space. On Saturday, students from Croydon’s BRIT School of Performing Arts will fill it with an exhibition dubbed Young BRIT School Artists (YBsA).
Rapper Tinchy Stryder swapped the bling for the blackboard in Lewisham today in support of the government programme to deliver personal finance in schools.The Bow singer took a teacher role in a special class at St Matthew Academy.
For all those who never seem to triumph in the cracker battle over the yuletide dinner table, there will be joy on earth, as experts have discovered a winning formula for pulling a Christmas cracker.
Two of London’s most deprived boroughs are among ten local authorities to receive a top rating from the latest Ofsted report. Lewisham and Tower Hamlets are both said to be providing “excellent” performance in children’s services provision, according to the education watchdog’s new annual children’s services rating.
There was “good news all round” in Croydon this week, after the borough was finally accepted onto the next ‘wave’ of the Government’s Building Schools for the Future programme. The comments came from Councillor Tim Pollard, Cabinet member for Children, after a combined bid from the borough and Kingston local authority was accepted by the [...]
Croydon council have welcomed a government pledge of £12m extra funding to deal with increased demand for primary school places in the borough.
Local businessmen have reacted angrily to research that claims Tower Hamlets is in the top three local authority areas with the greatest potential for economic growth.
Criticisms issued by the chief of Ofsted this week have stirred up disagreement among local education professionals along the East London line. Chief officer Christine Gilbert issued a stark warning to local authorities to improve standards
