Education

At Baden Powell Primary School in Ferron Road, headteacher Stephen Smith is busy gathering in application forms from excited pupils. It’s time for the Vitality Run Hackney Schools’ Challenge again. In 2014, its first year, 800 children took part. Last ...

Labour and the National Union of Teachers have derided the Tories’ plans to test primary school pupils on their times tables. They seemed to have a point, as both the Prime Minister and the Education Secretary refused to answer times ...

Queen Mary, University of London has appointed prolific writer barrister Nazir Ahmed as its Alumni Ambassador for Bangladesh. As an Alumni Ambassador, Barrister Nazir Ahmed will represent Queen Mary, University of London (one of the largest higher educational institutions in ...

A cooking session for young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) held in early December was such a success that a further session is to take place in January. At the first session, a group of people who ...

Emdad Rahman Aminah Jasmine Rahman fulfilled a lifelong ambition to be an award-winning poet after the youngster won the Key Stage 2 poetry award at the annual Young Muslim Writers Awards for 2015. The glittering event was held at Senate ...

London Islamic School (Ford Square Madrasah) students were smiling with joy on GCSE results day last week. 88% of students achieved five A*-C grades, while 67% of students achieved five A*- C grades including English and maths. The school is ...

There’s not much space to expand in central London – which is presumably why the University of Central London (UCL) is spilling over into East London to the point where it will soon be the region’s fifth university. Is there ...

Biggs makes first pledge to keep a key Lutfur Rahman policy. John “Two Jobs” Biggs found his luck was in last Monday when he opened the Healthy Schools and Healthy Early Years Celebration Event – held, like John Biggs’s Tower ...

Emdad Rahman Young Rayhan Kareem went a long way towards achieving his personal dream when he recently received a gliding scholarship from the Honourable Company of Air Pilots. After receiving the confirmation letter, a delighted Rayhan spoke to East London ...

Pupils from George Green’s School have been helping to keep the borough clean by helping the Council install new litter bins. Working with Citizens UK, students were able to identify sites near to the school where bins were needed and ...