Posts Tagged ‘education’
‘It might not be over’: Islington families keep up the fight following school closures
Council officers reject opposition’s move to call in decision, setting back parents’ plans for judicial review
Read MoreThree Islington primary schools offering free breakfast clubs in state-backed trial
Laycock, Vittoria and Whitehall Park are providing 30 minutes of care before school until July
Read MoreParents demand public consultation on ‘merging’ primary schools facing shutdown
Families of Highbury Quadrant and St Jude and St Paul’s argue another way as fate of schools due to be decided next week
Read MoreIslington’s cabinet to vote on school closures next week
Council’s decision on proposals to shut Highbury Quadrant and St Jude and St Paul’s primary schools slated for 24 April
Read MoreTown Hall pursuing cross-council campaign to halt Islington school closures
Islington Council to push for change to inner London funding – but new efforts will not affect current plans to close two primaries this year
Read MoreIslington schoolchildren unveil new playground amid threat of closure
St Jude’s Street Garden has been refurbished with new trees, footpaths, swings and slides, drawing on diagrams put together by the schoolchildren
Read MorePupils join forces on bus tour protest against Islington primary closures
‘It’s not our kids’ job to balance budget,’ say teachers leading strike action
Read MoreLess than a third of primary schools regularly visit their local library, report shows
School staff say not enough time or help available to facilitate trips, though library visits overall climb back to pre-Covid levels
Read MorePrimary pupils protest plans to close Islington schools
Local MP Jeremy Corbyn slammed for suggesting council had an ‘agenda’
Read MoreIslington’s school absence rate one of the worst in London, council says
Town Hall updates penalty notices to tackle cases of frequent missed lessons
Read MoreCouncillors alarmed by ‘unbelievable’ school suspension figures
Recent data suggests that more than a third of suspended pupils were Black Caribbean
Read MoreSchool suspensions for SEND pupils disproportionately high in Islington, figures show
More than a tenth of secondary students were suspended during 2022/23 Spring term
Read MoreAlmost a third of Islington’s secondary school pupils have been persistently absent, council data shows
Around 30 per cent of students missed more than a tenth of school during 2022/23
Read MorePrimary school in Islington could be axed this year as council plans move ahead
Town Hall proposes merger of Montem and Duncombe schools – doing so ‘with a heavy heart’
Read MoreThree Islington primary schools at risk as pupil numbers drop
Blessed Sacrament in King’s Cross could close for good if council plans go ahead
Read MoreParents of children on free school meals offered help with school uniform costs
£150 grant towards school uniform available if child is starting secondary school
Read More‘Swift action needed’: London councils set to push government for more school funding – with pupil numbers in ‘acute decline’
Islington education chief issues stark warning as schools continue to lose money
Read MorePrimary school families left ‘disheartened’ as council moves ahead with closure plan
Families have been fighting to save Pooles Park, where 55 per cent of places are unfilled
Read MoreParents from ‘unique’ primary school at risk of closure pin hopes on academy takeover
Pooles Park is under threat because of a drop in pupil numbers and funding
Read More‘It’s like a family’: Worried parents urge council to bin plan to close ‘unique’ primary school
Pooles Park could shut in December this year as a result of falling pupil numbers
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