Mayor’s Music Awards celebrate best young talent in Hackney
Pupils and schools recognised at annual ceremony that featured stunning performances from past winners
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Child Q: Protestors hit streets over police strip-search of Black teenage girl at school
People gathered in Stoke Newington High Street outside the police station to express their anger and disgust
Child Q: Hackney Mayor calls on Home Secretary to take action over strip-searching of children
Child Q was strip-searched in her school’s medical room, without a responsible adult present
Hackney schools gear up for vaccine drive as health bosses attempt ‘hassle-free’ jabs
Local leaders are trying to overturn a history of low uptake for childhood vaccines in the borough
Outpouring of sexual abuse allegations from UK students acted as a ‘wake-up call’ in Hackney, say education bosses
Testimonies involving two local schools are among 54,000 on website where survivors can share their stories
Out of this world! Hackney primary school pupils flex their creativity for UFO arts project
Artist Tom Pearman teams up with the Rio Cinema to offer children an other-worldly experience
Children could be offered weekend vaccinations to avoid school disruption
Health workers in touch with 15,000 clinically vulnerable children as they wait for news on a wider roll-out
Four Orthodox schools in Hackney fail 29 of last 30 Ofsted visits between them
Bnois Jerusalem, Wiznitz Cheder, Talmud Torah Yetev Lev, and TTD Gur schools have all been rated ‘inadequate’ since at least 2014
Pandemic triggers surge in demand for children’s mental health services
Huge jump in paediatric admissions and eating disorder services
School exclusions plummet during lockdown as home education spikes
Cllr Sophie Conway raises concerns about families ‘opting out’ of the system
Some children with SEND ‘only getting an hour of education a day’, warns local headteacher
Richard Brown calls for ‘urgent’ oversight of special schools outside the borough where local children have been placed
Local students ‘go above and beyond’ to bolster their college’s Covid testing scheme
Health and social care learners at New City College have grabbed the chance to put their training into practice
Leaways School strike continues amid allegations of intimidation from trade union
Managers deny using ‘unjust disciplinary measures’ as both sides insist they want matter resolved
‘World-first’ comic book about Mary Wollstonecraft’s life to be given out to primary schools
Book to be accompanied by six-week lesson plan, thanks to project involving Newington Green Meeting House
Leader – School of thought
School lessons to tackle vaccine misinformation are a good start considering historically low uptake in the borough. But why not go a step further and follow Finland’s lead?
‘Sadly necessary’: School staff donate stationery to borough’s most vulnerable kids
National Education Union says its scheme highlights underfunding in schools, as it announces community event on post-Covid recovery plans