Hackney arts charity and cultural organisation reaches crowdfunding target
A Hackney arts charity and cultural organisation have reached their crowdfunding target and raised over £17,800 to open a new …
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Hackney Council launch mobile app in attempt to keep children safe online
Hackney Council have launched a new free mobile application that they hope will educate children and parents about online abuse.
Lewisham Council pushes health campaigns with Sugar Smart
Lewisham council is collaborating with outdoor advertising companies JCDecaux UK and Outsmart to combat obesity in children with The Sugar Smart …
Catholic schools facing falling admissions in Tower Hamlets
Catholic schools in Tower Hamlets have warned of a drop in new students after Brexit, with student numbers falling for …
March 30, 2020/
Education, Local News, News, Tower Hamlets/
Senior Hackney councillor demands government increases SEND funding
A senior Hackney councillor has spoken out about a £1.6 billion funding shortfall over the past two years for special …
School Streets scheme spreads to two more Croydon schools
A scheme that restricts traffic around schools during the school-run has expanded to two more schools in Croydon. Cypress Primary …
March 12, 2020/
Croydon, Education, Environment/
Parents march on Downing Street over cuts to special needs funding in schools
Hundreds of parents, pupils and school staff came together to march to 10 Downing Street to deliver a letter with …
March 7, 2020/
Education, Local News, News, Tower Hamlets/
Students Union criticises university management over Evolving Goldsmiths plan
A Goldsmiths Student Union sabbatical officer has accused the university of treating the SU like “stupid annoying children that are …
March 5, 2020/
Education, Lead Stories, Lewisham, News/
Protesters mount fight against cuts to vital language services in Tower Hamlets
Locals in Tower Hamlets are upset about cuts of more than £31,000 that they say could close down a vital …
February 28, 2020/
Education, Lead Stories, Local News, News, Tower Hamlets/
New independent school with no fees in Croydon will ditch SATS for mixed-age groupings
Pupils of different ages at a new independent, non-fee-paying school opening in Croydon at the end of the year will …
Staffs and students protest against Evolving Goldsmiths
On Friday, 14 February, Students and staffs from Goldsmiths gathered in front of the Deptford Town Hall, where the warden’s …
February 14, 2020/
Education, Lewisham, Local News/
Great Hall is back
Graduation ceremonies for Goldsmiths, University of London will be back in the Great Hall in summer 2020 after completion of …
February 14, 2020/
Arts, Business, Education, Lead Stories, Lewisham, Local News, News, Society/
New Year New Team
Goldsmiths MA in Television Journalism students have now taken over from their MA Journalism colleagues to run our independent local …
January 16, 2020/
Education, Lead Stories, Lewisham, Local News, People, Society/
REVEALED: Croydon has second-highest rate of secondary school truancy in London. How does your child’s school compare?
In the second of a two part examination of the crises affecting the education system, Harry Thompson looks at how …
December 4, 2019/
Education, Lead Stories/
Schools in the red: Underfunding hits Tower Hamlets, Hackney, and Lewisham
In the first of a two part examination of the crises affecting the education system, Gina Gambetta looks at the …
December 3, 2019/
Education, Lead Stories/
Universities strike continues as lecturers attack ‘neoliberal models of education’
Local university lecturers began a second day of strike action over pensions and working conditions, expressing a determination to make …
Students face disrupted studies as lecturers stage eight day strike
Students at two local universities face disrupted studies this week as lecturers at Goldsmiths in New Cross and Queen Mary …
November 22, 2019/
Education, Lead Stories, News/
We run this town! Teenagers takeover Croydon
Imagine a town run by teenagers, making tough decisions on housing to handling budgets at the Town Hall. Yesterday this …
SEND parents: ‘We are treated as second class citizens’
Children with learning difficulties and disabilities are treated like second class citizens and being left behind by the government, parents …
November 22, 2019/
Education, News, Tower Hamlets/
Parents and pupils attack Bethnal Green school closure
Parents, students and former students of a failing Bethnal Green school which is set to close have accused education authorities …
November 14, 2019/
Education, News, Tower Hamlets/
Parents and teachers rally against cuts to special needs funding
Parents and teachers in Tower Hamlets are leading an emergency campaign to fight £1m cuts to Special Educational Needs and …
November 14, 2019/
Education, Health, Tower Hamlets/
Lewisham’s new young mayor thanks God for his win
Lewisham’s new young mayor has thanked God after winning the election with a resounding majority. Femi Komolafe, 15, who attends …
The cost of living near Ofsted’s top-rated schools in Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham and Croydon
Hackney, Tower Hamlets Lewisham and Croydon are some of the best places to live in London and also some of …
October 30, 2019/
Croydon, Education, Hackney, Housing, Lead Stories, Lewisham, News, Tower Hamlets/
Young people and schools in Hackney respond to the climate crisis
A group of Clapton secondary school children visited the climate rally outside Hackney Town Hall during their lunch break, a move inspired …
October 25, 2019/
Education, Environment, Hackney, News/
Angelina Jolie tells London school girls to “make a mess”
The film star Angelina Jolie has urged pupils at a secondary school in Whitechapel to make a “big, beautiful mess”. The …
October 15, 2019/
Education, News, Tower Hamlets/
Housing association hires interns with learning disabilities in first for Lewisham
A housing association in Lewisham has recruited a group of young people with learning disabilities for a nine-month work placement, …
September 24, 2019/
Education, Employment, Lewisham, Local News/
GARA anti-racist occupation ends after 137 days
The BME (Black and Minority Ethnic)-led student occupation of Deptford Town Hall, part of Goldsmiths College, came to an end …
July 29, 2019/
Education, Lead Stories, Lewisham, Local News/
Update: Goldsmiths Anti-Racist Action issued with eviction notice
The Goldsmiths Anti-Racist Action group (GARA) who have been occupying Deptford Town Hall for the past 135 days have been …
July 24, 2019/
Education, Lead Stories, Lewisham/
Further protests as Anti-Racism occupation are threatened with legal action
After 133 days of occupation, the Goldsmiths Anti-racist Action group (GARA) have received a notice of eviction from the University’s …
July 22, 2019/
Education, Lead Stories, Lewisham/
Vigil to keep bilingual support staff at Whitechapel school
Concerned parents and the local community held a peaceful vigil outside the Shapla primary school in east London today. It …
July 16, 2019/
Education, Lead Stories, Local News, Tower Hamlets/
Return to Teach: Meet the woman improving flexibility for teachers with children
Holly Power was frustrated. Yet another talented teacher she knew left work because they could not juggle childcare and the …
Invisible Voices: A conversation on BAME mental health
Identity, trauma and representation dominated discussion at the performance event Invisible Voices held at Goldsmiths this week. The event doubled as …
Hackney education chief backs Labour plan to scraps SATs
Hackney’s education chief Anntoinette Bramble joined a protest against primary school SATs in Stoke Newington on Friday in support Labour’s …
June 8, 2019/
Education, Hackney, Local News, News/
Hackney’s safe school streets blueprint to be exported across the UK
A guide on banning vehicles outside school gates during pick-up and drop-off times produced by Hackney Council ‘will help even …
Roads to be closed to cars around 11 Croydon schools at pick-up and drop-off times
Cars are set to be banned outside 11 schools in Croydon during drop-off and pick-up times as part of a …
May 14, 2019/
Croydon, Education, Environment, Lead Stories, Local News, News, Society, Transport/
Hundreds of students to be displaced in Tower Hamlets council proposal to close a 300-year-old school
Parents and students at a historic Bethnal Green C of E school are protesting against the council’s proposals to …
May 14, 2019/
Education, Hackney, Lead Stories, Local News, Tower Hamlets/
Primary school children in Hackney to organise after-school rally for climate change
Primary school children in Hackney are to hold an after-school rally on May 24 in support of the climate change …
May 8, 2019/
Education, Environment, Hackney/
Outsourced student accommodation: are universities enabling unethical practices?
Universities are outsourcing their accommodation services to save time and money, but their students are paying the price. Sydney Diack …
April 27, 2019/
Education, Features, General Features, Housing, Lewisham, Local News/
Poplar streets turned into temporary play area for school children
Two Poplar streets were temporarily turned into a play street for local children this week to demonstrate the benefits of …
March 29, 2019/
Education, Environment, Health, Local News, News, Tower Hamlets/
Police and council leaders face questions from young on crime and stop and seach
Sixty young people from Tower Hamlets questioned a panel of high-level police, community and government leaders at a Young People’s …
March 29, 2019/
Education, Local News/