Posts Tagged ‘schools’
Less than a third of primary schools regularly visit their local library, report shows
School staff say not enough time or help available to facilitate trips, though library visits overall climb back to pre-Covid levels
Read MorePrimary pupils protest plans to close Islington schools
Local MP Jeremy Corbyn slammed for suggesting council had an ‘agenda’
Read More‘Shocking’: Parents and teachers protest council plan to close Islington primary school
Town Hall has earmarked Highbury Quadrant primary school for closure in August 2025
Read MoreIslington’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’
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