pic: Ruddhi Abhyankar
A consultation process on the potential merger of Southwark College and Lewisham College opened last week and will stay open until 21 February.
The Chief Executive of Skills Funding has called for comments from key partners, students, staff, local business and the local community.
Pic: byzeligfilm
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.
pic: Hackney_DannyBoyle_Press_photosubbed
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…)
An image of the proposed school pic: DS Architects
Planning permission for the extension and approval of a much-criticised ‘illegal’ school operating in Stamford Hill has been refused. (more…)
school children pic: soil-net
A new free school for children aged 4 to 11 plans to open doors in Telegraph Hill. The Hatcham Temple Grove Free School will be located at the existing Hatcham College in September 2013. (more…)
Composting in Hackney schools pic: Hackney Council
Local schools and communities are being offered free composting equipment by Hackney Council. (more…)
Applications for primary school admission close in just two weeks pic: soil-net
The deadline for primary school applications for admission in 2012-13 is Sunday 15 January, Lewisham Council have said. (more…)
