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'Astonishing': Hackney secondary school jumps two Ofsted grades

Waterside Academy pupils hold up a sign which reads Good

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A Hackney school deemed so dangerous it had to be shut has jumped two Ofsted grades in a single visit after coming under new leadership.
The mayor of Hackney and Cllr Caroline Woodley visit Fernbank and Hillside Children's centres

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Fernbank and Hillside children's centres closures still 'on the table'

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File photo dated 12/09/18 of students in a lesson at school, as a new report suggests the national c

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Near 50 per cent increase in need for SEND places in Hackney

Holly Chant

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There are variations across boroughs in how many pupils received offers from their first preference secondary schools

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Almost 70pc of London pupils offered first preference secondary school

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Covid vaccination at the Biala Synagogue in Hackney

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Hackney schools gear up for vaccine drive

Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

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A Comma butterfly. Picture: PA/BARRY BACHELOR

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Wildlife photography project gives students a chance to transform a...

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Twin brothers Emmanuel and Ebenezer Boakye achieved a combined six A*s and one A last year

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Mossbourne students congratulated after receiving Oxbridge offers

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Hackney council leaders have criticised government plans to replace council-run schools with academies

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Hackney leaders argue against forced academisation of schools

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Hackney's Waterside Academy student Arlen Kamara has earned a scholarship at a top fee-paying school

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Haggerston schoolboy earns £44,000 scholarship to top fee-paying school

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New City College has been rated Good by Ofsted in its most recent report

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New City College gets Ofsted 'Good' stamp of approval

Holly Chant

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