Hackney mayor hints at funding for ‘at least one’ new special school
Council suggests it is making headway with SEND strategy but more school closures have sparked anger
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‘We’re disappointed’: Parents threaten council with legal action over school closure plans
Hackney’s cabinet has agreed to publish statutory proposals to shut four primaries
Angry parents at schools threatened with closure given more time to pick alternatives – after branding council’s first deadline ‘disgusting’
Parents of children with special educational needs at four schools initially had only 12 working days to decide
Headteacher accuses council of plotting school closures with ‘data that doesn’t stack up’
Urswick’s Richard Brown says Town Hall assumes ‘number of kids in primary school will be exactly replicated by the time they go to secondary school’
Town Hall ‘poised’ to close schools in response to falling pupil numbers
Primary schools in jeopardy as demand for reception places continues to drop
Coronavirus: Keeping your secondary-age kids busy and learning at home
Teacher and Hackney resident Alice Jones offers up useful tips and resources to help parents and pupils cope with the school closures
Coronavirus: Town Hall promises to support parents following school closure announcement
Leading council figures pledge to do ‘everything they can’ to help people educate children at home