Croydon Council may allocate £20 million for new primary school places for the start of the 2014 school year. The funding allocation follows 240 permanent and 540 temporary school places created last year. These extra places are required because figures show that within four years the borough could need as…
Over a hundred toddlers in Lewisham have printed their handprints on a petition as part of a campaign to save their play clubs in the borough. Parents and carers yesterday handed in the petition to Councillor Dan Whittle at Telegraph Hill playgroup. Dan Whittle said: “There is a real possibility in saving these playgroups but [...]
Croydon Council plans to decrease the presence of School Crossing Patrols (SCPs) near two primary schools in Croydon. Belleville Primary School and Crescent Primary Schools could lose two nearby patrols on Northcote and Sydenham Road. Northcote is a busy road, with several bus routes. Joshua, 8, a pupil of Belleville…
Parents at Friendly Gardens and Telegraph Hill will present a petition to Lewisham Council tomorrow to protect their playgroups. Cuts to be decided by the Mayor of Lewisham in February 2013 could force the playgroups, along with others in the Borough, to close. The Council is trying to facilitate community offers to keep the playgroups [...]
School pupils in some of London’s poorest areas, including Hackney, Lewisham and Tower Hamlets, are to receive free breakfasts as part of an initiative set up by the Mayor’s Fund for London. The healthy eating scheme was launched on January 8 and will run in partnership with the charity Magic…
Teachers in Lewisham are the most likely in London to report being assaulted in the classroom, with 634 attacks reported over the last five years, according to data released to The Evening Standard under the Freedom of Information Act. However, Martin Powell-Davies, branch secretary of the National Union of Teachers…
West Girls’ College in Upper Norwood is set to become an academy following poor exam results. Councillor Tim Pollard, a cabinet member for Children, Families and Learners, told Eastlondonlines he wants the Department for Education (DfE) to change the status of the school “as soon as possible”. Pollard said: “The…
Sixth form pupils from Brooke House Sixth Form College in Hackney will get fortnightly tuition from Oxbridge postgraduates as part of a new social mobility project. The sixth form, known as Bsix, has partnered with education charity Villiers Park Educational Trust to provide mentoring and improve access to higher education…
Students of Harbinger school took over the Museum of London Docklands today. They showed visitors around, ran the information desk and even dressed up as pirates to stage performances. The event was part of the Children’s Commissioner’s Takeover Day 2012 which saw young students take an active role in the…
Parents involved in the Lewisham Diaspora free school are applying for a judicial review, promising that ‘the school will go ahead no matter what’. Following the third rejection of the all boys school’s application by the Department of Education in July 2012, plans are now underway for an appeal.…
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