Posts Tagged ‘schools’
Islington’s school absence rate one of the worst in London, council says
Town Hall updates penalty notices to tackle cases of frequent missed lessons
Read MoreCouncillors alarmed by ‘unbelievable’ school suspension figures
Recent data suggests that more than a third of suspended pupils were Black Caribbean
Read MoreSchool suspensions for SEND pupils disproportionately high in Islington, figures show
More than a tenth of secondary students were suspended during 2022/23 Spring term
Read MoreAlmost a third of Islington’s secondary school pupils have been persistently absent, council data shows
Around 30 per cent of students missed more than a tenth of school during 2022/23
Read MoreIslington Council approves controversial merger of two primary schools
Town Hall says falling pupil numbers mean Montem Primary will be folded into Duncombe Primary this August
Read More‘Salami-slicing approach’: Row erupts over Islington Council’s school closure plan
Opposition councillors call in decision to propose a merger of two primaries
Read MorePrimary school in Islington could be axed this year as council plans move ahead
Town Hall proposes merger of Montem and Duncombe schools – doing so ‘with a heavy heart’
Read MoreThree Islington primary schools at risk as pupil numbers drop
Blessed Sacrament in King’s Cross could close for good if council plans go ahead
Read More‘Swift action needed’: London councils set to push government for more school funding – with pupil numbers in ‘acute decline’
Islington education chief issues stark warning as schools continue to lose money
Read MorePrimary school families left ‘disheartened’ as council moves ahead with closure plan
Families have been fighting to save Pooles Park, where 55 per cent of places are unfilled
Read More‘It’s like a family’: Worried parents urge council to bin plan to close ‘unique’ primary school
Pooles Park could shut in December this year as a result of falling pupil numbers
Read More‘The only garden they have’: Parents fighting to save primary school fear children will lose access to nature
Pooles Park is facing closure at the end of the Christmas term because of a lack of pupils
Read MoreTwo ‘highly regarded’ primary schools look likely to merge – with pupil numbers falling
‘Schools operate most effectively when full,’ say education bosses
Read MoreTown Hall consulting on plans to merge two primary schools in Barnsbury – as pupil numbers drop
Copenhagen and Vittoria primaries already work closely as part of the Islington Futures Federation
Read MorePrimary school places could be cut in Islington as pupil numbers fall
One in five reception places went unfilled in the borough this year
Read MoreRoad safety fears over newly approved sixth form for ‘high achievers’
Residents say one entrance is already ‘totally unsafe’ with pupil numbers set to swell to 900
Read MoreTown Hall hits out at government ‘failures’ in its Covid exit strategy for schools
Report says lack of Covid funding for councils and schools is a ‘savage indictment of so-called levelling-up policies’
Read More‘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
Read MorePrimary school attendance well over 90 per cent as pupils return across borough
Town Hall delighted by early showing as it awaits figures from secondaries
Read MoreSharp rise in school exclusions under the microscope in Islington
‘When you get exclusions, either temporary or permanent, it hangs over these kids,’ says councillor
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