Education

CLLR SIRAJUL ISLAM put his housing portfolio on the shelf for a couple of hours on Thursday and popped across to Central Foundation Girls School to watch the opening of GCSE results. The Deputy Mayor – the only one that ...

BIGGS, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, has revealed that he attended Morpeth School last week to see pupils collecting their “A”-level results. The reason for the delay in announcing the visit has not been made clear. He has not released any ...

THERESA MAY has come up with a new trick to try to cover up the Government’s lack of concern for state funded schools. Unfortunately for the Tories, the trick is so transparent that no one is going to be impressed ...

PUPILS AT Manorfield primary school in Tower Hamlets launched their edible playground last week. No – they’re not down on their knees gnawing at the tarmac. The pupils are growing fruit and veg – and scoffing it when it’s ready for ...

THERE’S NO SUCH thing as a free lunch – or, in this General Election, a free breakfast. The funding for the free school breakfast which Theresa May offered the nation will only cover a 25% uptake. Oh dear. The policy ...

WHILE Theresa May has been busy U-turning on the Tories plans to make the elderly pay for their own care, Labour has announced a policy for the younger generation. The Party has announced that it will scrap tuition fees for ...

A CONSULTANT WHO specialises in respiratory conditions in children has called for a change in practice in schools over the use of EpiPens. These devices deliver a shot of adrenaline and are used as emergency treatment when a patient has gone ...

JIM FITZPATRICK has pledged to help a local campaign which is trying to stop government funding of Tower Hamlets schools being slashed. The outgoing MP, who is Labour’s candidate for Poplar & Limehouse in the coming General Election, was speaking this ...

ONE OF THE last acts of the Tory Government was to increase university tuition fees before Parliament shut down for the General Election. A Higher Education Bill was one of the casualties of Theresa May’s decision to hold a cut-and-run ...

THE GOVERNMENT has bowed to parent and teacher pressure and announced proposals to abolish the controversial SATs tests which the nation’s seven year olds are forced to take each year. Parents have long protested that seven year olds are far ...