Meadowgate is one of the schools to be closed this summer pic: Meadowgate School
Lewisham teachers have been warned that their jobs could be at risk with the closure of two special needs schools in the borough.
Meadowgate and Pendragon School will close in July and be replaced by Drumbeat School, a new centre for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders. (more…)
Claire Shaw
The idea that headteachers who earn over £100,000 a year should be “named and shamed” according to Union leader, Chris Keates, is irrational, unnecessary and simply unfair. (more…)
Tower Hamlets said head teachers “played a key role” in the borough’s increasing grades pic: Judy Baxter
A total of 17 school staff in Tower Hamlets earn six-figure salaries, more than in any other London borough.
A total of 200 head teachers across London schools earn over £100,000 a year, with twelve of the highest earners being paid more than £150,000 a year, new figures show. (more…)
The Old Schoolhouse pic: Clapton Arts Trust
The Clapton Arts Trust has outlined plans to restore the grade II-listed Old Schoolhouse on Lea Bridge Road. The building, built in 1841, is just a stone’s throw from the new Olympic Park. The Trust hope the restoration will bring the schoolhouse back into use to provide educational activities for local children. (more…)
Lewisham College pic: Jisc Infonet
A consultation process on the potential merger of Southwark College and Lewisham College opened last week and will stay open until 21 February. (more…)
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Figures released by the Government last week show Tower Hamlets is the second most improved local authority for GCSE results in the country. (more…)
Pic: Goldsmiths
Figures released by UCAS today reveal a significant drop in university applications across east London boroughs, with applications from Hackney dropping a whopping 14.6 per cent.
According to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), applications from Lewisham were down 11.8 per cent compared to last year, whilst Croydon experienced 9.3 per cent drop. In Tower Hamlets, applications fell by 7.7 per cent.
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Oscar winning filmmaker Danny Boyle is looking for school children across Hackney to perform at the Olympics opening ceremony.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) announced last Friday that under-16 volunteer performers for the Olympic and Paralympic ceremonies will be selected from various British schools, including four schools from Hackney. (more…)
school children pic: soil-net
Hackney councillors discussed the future of the borough’s education system on Monday night in advance of control over schools being brought back in-house for the first time in ten years. (more…)
Pauline Pearce meets Boris pic: BackBoris2012 (Flickr)
Pauline Pearce, who rocketed to fame as the ‘Hackney Heroine’ during last summer’s riots, is to join the advisory group for a Hackney free school.
As EastLondonLines reported in November the free school’s steering committee was initially established by a Cambridge educated corporate finance advisor, a commercial and financial lawyer and a violinist.
Pearce has been inundated with requests from charities and organisations since she rocketed into the public eye last summer, after being filmed bravely telling rioters that she was “ashamed to be a Hackney person”. (more…)
