Hackney NUT attacks Gove’s ‘madcap plan for school holidays’
Divisions locally over government proposals to scrap long summer breaks from 2015
Annalies Winny
Linking salary with performance is ‘nonsense’ says superhead Ken Warman
BSix Brooke House Principal tells of innovative ways to increase aspirations, and reveals his dislike of performance-related pay
Over a decade after Stephen Lawrence inquiry, how has stop and search changed?
Judicial inquiry into 1993 murder condemned disproportionate use of powers. Now experts hear too many young people still feel the law is ‘not for them’
University of East London opens Islamic Finance Research Hub
Business school Dean Nora Colton says popularity of sharia banking is growing – and not just among Muslims
Education overload – will longer school hours help Hackney’s poorer students?
Michael Gove’s latest plan to lengthen the school day and shorten holidays receives a mixed reception in Hackney
Adaptation of Kafka’s The Trial at Shoreditch Town Hall – review
Kafka gets modern makeover in stage production of the Trial and In the Penal Colony
Teachers call for resignation of Mossbourne ex-head Sir Michael Wilshaw
Former headteacher of Hackney’s Mossbourne Academy should resign as Chief Inspector of Schools says teaching union
Education, economy and industry – STEM sells as open day focuses on money
Government investment in Shoreditch’s ‘Tech City’ is a game-changer
Learning Trust returns education services to Hackney Council control
Council takes over the running of its education services as decade-long contract with private provider comes to an end
Mossbourne academy loses legal challenge over special needs pupils
Top of the class eleven year old with cerebral palsy amongst those refused admission by Mossbourne Academy
Three Hackney free schools given go-ahead by Gove
The Hackney New School, the Olive School and a STEM Academy are due to open in September next year
Academies fail to make grade on good GCSEs, study shows
New exam results analysis shows academies are not outperforming local authority schools – despite additional government funding
Hackney new ‘free school’ opponents gain momentum
Supporters reject claims ‘free school’ plan will only benefit children from well-off families
Hackney school roads ‘not safe’ for kids
Cash squeeze and poorly framed regulations make school parking restrictions impossible to enforce. Hackney Council says it is resolving the problem
Plans afoot for new Hackney secondary free school
The Hackney Citizen meets Andreas Wesemann to find out more about a bid by local residents to open their own school
School Wars by Melissa Benn – review
Renowned journalist Melissa Benn evaluates Britain’s schooling structure