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Posts Tagged ‘schools’

A-level results: university places all round at school in riot-hit area

By • Aug 18th, 2011 • Category: Education

Days after the riots, the picture is very different at Mossbourne academy in Hackney



Local volunteers needed to help Kids Company in Hackney

By • Jun 30th, 2011 • Category: News

Opportunities to gain experience are now available, providing general or specialist support working as part the charity’s school teams



Private firm sniffs a profit in coalition schools policy

By • Jun 20th, 2011 • Category: Education

‘Mossbourne two’ would meet demands of parents who beg for a place at academy in east London, says headteacher



Hackney parents to vote on secular and faith schools merger

By • Jun 6th, 2011 • Category: Education

Parents of pupils at Springfield, St. Matthias and St. John the Baptist have until 13 June to respond to plans to federate the schools



Hackney MP joins row over free school

By • May 11th, 2011 • Category: Education

Cash may be diverted, says Meg Hillier



Top universities patronising poorer teenagers, headteacher says

By • May 10th, 2011 • Category: Education

Sir Michael Wilshaw says clever pupils from poorer backgrounds want to get into Oxbridge on their merits, not by being given lower offers



London Fields and Horizon schools praised by Ofsted

By • Apr 21st, 2011 • Category: Education

Heads and staff win recognition for rapid improvements



Ten Mossbourne academy students win Cambridge University offers

By • Jan 23rd, 2011 • Category: Education

Former Ofsted inspector praises ‘spectacular breakthrough’ at Mossbourne academy in Hackney, one of poorest parts of UK



Students: EMA is a necessity, not a bribe

By • Dec 18th, 2010 • Category: News

Sixth-form pupils express anger at their media portrayal as ‘goons’



How to turn 60,000 students into unqualified drop-outs

By • Nov 20th, 2010 • Category: Opinion

The axing of the education maintenance allowance to help poor teenagers stay at school feels like targeted government malice