Teachers fear kids without laptops and tablets are falling behind
When the new lockdown was announced on January 4, teachers once again found themselves having to turn their work lives upside down and reinvent their classrooms online.
Read moreWhen the new lockdown was announced on January 4, teachers once again found themselves having to turn their work lives upside down and reinvent their classrooms online.
Read moreCouncil said Gavin Williamson claimed he didn’t know about new variant of coronavirus when making decision – despite Matt Hancock announcing it in Commons earlier that day
Read moreLeonie Huie, mum to three-year-old twin girls from Southwark, is the author of The First Year Is Survival, a book published in October last year for parents of twins and multiples.
Read moreThis comes after worries that disadvantaged students will fall behind in school because they cannot access online materials.
Read moreOriginally secondary schools across London were set to return to school from January 11, a week later than normal.
Read moreThe Mayor of London and council leaders have said they were not consulted on the Government’s decision to reopen some primary schools in the capital from next week.
Read moreA children’s author is giving the proceeds of her debut book to foodbanks after growing up in poverty.
Read moreDavid Selby, who has taught as a deputy head and English teacher in Croydon for more than 30 years at Whitgift and Royal Russell schools respectively, has chosen to donate £1.50 from each copy of Rufus needs a Haircut he sells to NHS Charities Together.
Read moreStaff, parents and pupils at a school are pulling together to support families struggling in the pandemic.
Read moreA group of West London head teachers have banded together to investigate why so many staff are leaving the profession.
Read moreWe are proud to be working with amazing students and staff, with world-class facilities and brilliant sponsor and partner links. This is an exciting time at the UTC, and I’m looking forward to building on the strong foundations already in place.
Read moreDLD College and St Dunstan’s College won three awards at the Independent Schools of the Year 2020 Awards on October 8.
Read moreOne of London’s oldest schools will be marking Black History Month with a string of talks by community leaders and pioneers.
Read moreA school has been shortlisted for a top award for the quality of its teaching. St Matthew Academy in St Joseph’s Vale, Blackheath, is in the running for the English teacher or team of the year award.
Read moreFour students of Goldsmiths College, in New Cross, have banded together to protest against food waste in an art installation – by making it into cupcakes.
Read moreA kitchen assistant has reached a landmark in her ambition to one day study at university and become a hotel manager – by getting two crucial qualifications. Ugandan-born Aida Nakabugo, 56, from Woolwich, decided two years ago to take her GCSE maths and English exams – and has now bagged passes in both subjects by studying at London South East Colleges’ Greenwich Campus.
Read moreThe number of London schools with illegally toxic air has dropped dramatically since 2016 – down 95 per cent in four years. More than two million Londoners lived in areas over the legal limit for air pollution four years ago, but that figure is down 94 per cent to 119,000 people.
Read moreThe first youth panel in Lewisham to advise police on issues that matter to their peers has met for the first time. The Met’s first south east Independent Youth Advisory Group (YIAG) panel met including young people from Greenwich, Lewisham, and Bexley boroughs on Monday, 28 September to advise local officers about policing and social issues.
Read moreA Purley primary school is the toughest in England to get a place at. Figures from the Department for Education show that just 26 per cent of parents who put Beaumont Primary School as their first choice secured a place for this September.
Read moreA 132-year-old school’s biggest revamp in its history has reached a landmark stage after being delayed by lockdown. St Dunstan’s College celebrated the topping out ceremony for its new buildings on Friday.
Read moreA network of college campuses has relaunched its food bank fundraiser in the run-up to Christmas.
Read moreA project which gathered more than 370 devices for pupils in 45 schools has won an award. Power to Connect launched in April to support families self-isolating during lockdown, and has won the ‘Community Impact’ category at the AbilityNet Tech4Good Awards.
Read moreTwo teenagers have been selected to join a youth-led climate programme taking place next Tuesday. Zaqiya Cajee,17, from Mitcham and Lysander Bickham from Hammersmith secured their places after winning two seats up for grabs on the panel at the forthcoming Youth Against Carbon Conference (YAC Con).
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