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Posts Tagged ‘schools’

‘Not what was needed’: Mossbourne Federation sparks backlash after setting out response to safeguarding review

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 20 March 2026 at 13:43
Peter Hughes

The parent who collected testimonies for the review and a local councillor have hit out at ‘disappointing’ announcement

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Opposition councillors slam ‘lack of transparency’ over ‘harrowing’ Mossbourne safeguarding review

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 12 March 2026 at 13:16

They claim there has been no reassurance that changes are being made in the three months since the review was published

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Mossbourne’s chair of trustees quits in first major shake-up at beleaguered academy chain

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 9 March 2026 at 14:38
Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy

Henry Colthurst, who had been on the trust’s board since 2014, resigned earlier this month

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Hackney’s safeguarding boss takes DfE advisor to task over ‘embarrassing’ criticism of Mossbourne review

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 12 December 2025 at 17:51
Jim Gamble

Jim Gamble responds to Tom Bennett’s blogpost that called the report a ‘hit job’

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Empty primary school poised to reopen as specialist facility for SEND children

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 11 November 2025 at 10:34

Baden Powell school was closed by the council last year due to falling pupil numbers

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Greens welcome Met’s removal of 371 school officers – but others brand it ‘most catastrophic decision in keeping children safe’

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 4 September 2025 at 13:42
Hackney mayor Zoë Garbett

Surveys revealed that 93 per cent of Londoners supported the presence of Safer Schools Officers in school buildings

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Lego, books and staff possessions ‘dumped in landfill’ as closed primary school ‘gutted’

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 5 August 2025 at 20:37
A 'gutted' St Dominic's classroom days after closure

Staff at the school were reportedly told to box up and label their belongings – then the removal team came before they had a chance to collect them

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Council warned of ‘damaging’ school behaviour policies and ‘racism’ towards pupils

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 23 July 2025 at 17:34
Hackney Town Hall

Town Hall reviewing behaviour policies in bid to bring down suspensions and exclusions

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Have your say on Hackney’s education plans as council launches consultation

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 14 July 2025 at 12:40

Residents encouraged to get involved as council responds to ‘significant challenges’

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Child Q: Two Met officers’ strip-search of 15-year-old Black girl at school was gross misconduct

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 26 June 2025 at 16:25

‘They failed to follow the policies that exist to ensure that children in these situations have appropriate protective measures in place’

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Hackney children exposed to verbal abuse could face long-term mental health effects

By Ellie Hammonds | Tuesday 3 June 2025 at 13:32

Charities and psychologists call on schools and MPs to take action

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Questions raised over KC-led ‘independent’ review into Mossbourne schools

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 28 May 2025 at 09:32
Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy

Probe led by a King’s Counsel asks parents to submit evidence – but report’s findings will not be shared with them

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Council to close four primary schools as pupil numbers collapse

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 23 April 2025 at 11:59
Hackney Town Hall

St Dominic’s, St Mary’s, Oldhill and Sir Thomas Abney schools to shut from September

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Three Hackney primary schools offering free breakfast clubs in state-backed trial

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 22 April 2025 at 18:45

Thomas Fairchild, Grasmere and Nightingale are providing 30 minutes of care before school until July

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Mossbourne heads take on expanded roles amid safeguarding probe

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 17 April 2025 at 15:00
Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy

Principals of two Hackney academies put in charge of Essex schools following Mossbourne Federation takeover

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Hackney’s cabinet to vote on school closures next week

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 16 April 2025 at 11:39

Council’s decision on proposals to shut or ‘merge’ six primary schools slated for 22 April

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Explainer: What statutory powers do councils have over academies?

By Liam Brady | Friday 4 April 2025 at 15:47
Hackney Town Hall

Unlike local authority-maintained schools, academies are run by not-for-profit trusts under contract with the DfE

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Hackney school ‘excited’ after signing UK-first twinning arrangement to help save bees

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 21 March 2025 at 11:50

Kingsmead Primary links up with Ugandan school to support Buzzline project

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Hackney mayor slams ‘zero-tolerance’ behaviour policies in schools

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 18 March 2025 at 13:50

Caroline Woodley rebukes ‘famous’ academy head as data shows suspensions in Hackney’s secondaries eclipse inner and outer London

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School streets vandalised in ‘appalling criminal sabotage’ across Hackney

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 17 March 2025 at 15:13

More than 20 incidents of damage to cameras, street signs and speed restrictions recorded since June 2024

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