London private school investigated over ‘blanket’ A or A* grades in 2021 A-levels | Private schools

London private school investigated over ‘blanket’ A or A* grades in 2021 A-levels | Private schools

A prestigious private school in London has faced multiple investigations into the way it awarded exam grades in 2021, when all its A-level entries received A* or A, the Guardian has learned.... Read more »
Which Tower Hamlets schools are closed due to the snow?

Which Tower Hamlets schools are closed due to the snow?

Schools across Tower Hamlets have made alternative provisions today (December 12), following yesterday’s heavy snowfall. Icy conditions are expected to continue into tomorrow morning. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning... Read more »
Which Redbridge schools are shut today due to the snow?

Which Redbridge schools are shut today due to the snow?

Schools across Redbridge are shut today (December 12), following yesterday’s heavy snowfall. Icy conditions are expected to continue into tomorrow morning. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for London... Read more »
London schools named best in The Sunday Times Top School list

London schools named best in The Sunday Times Top School list

The Sunday Times has released its school guide of 2023, finding which UK schools are the highest-achieving.  Seeing a number of Greater London schools get a spot on the list, including St... Read more »
V&A East is bringing museum artefacts into East London schools for first time ever – Hackney Citizen

V&A East is bringing museum artefacts into East London schools for first time ever – Hackney Citizen

V&A East visits a college in Walthamstow. Photograph: Primrose Films / courtesy V&A V&A East is bringing museum objects into London schools for the first time in the V&A’s history, through a... Read more »
Ofsted downgrade of 80pc of outstanding schools prompts backlash from headteachers

Ofsted downgrade of 80pc of outstanding schools prompts backlash from headteachers

Maureen Cobbett, headmistress of Latymer School, a grammar school in north London that was also downgraded to “good”, said: “We felt the team had already made their minds up before they came;... Read more »
V&A objects taken into east London schools for first time

V&A objects taken into east London schools for first time

Pupils in east London are seeing objects from the V&A Museum’s collection in school for the first time in the institution’s history. A new programme, called Your Collection: V&A East in Schools, is... Read more »
Veolia donates 60 trees to schools across the South London Waste Partnership – PR News Blog

Veolia donates 60 trees to schools across the South London Waste Partnership – PR News Blog

This summer Veolia, in partnership with the community action charity Groundwork, launched a new campaign to help schools blossom with biodiversity and join a national network of orchards. Since the call went... Read more »
Alumni from Britain’s top girls’ public schools 20 times more likely to reach elite positions

Alumni from Britain’s top girls’ public schools 20 times more likely to reach elite positions

Cheltenham Ladies’ College The alumni of 12 leading girls’ public schools are 20 times more likely to reach the most powerful elite positions in British society than women who attended any other... Read more »
Majority of Sunak’s Cabinet educated at fee-paying schools

Majority of Sunak’s Cabinet educated at fee-paying schools

Rishi Sunak has continued the trend set by Boris Johnson and Liz Truss of filling a majority of Cabinet positions with people educated at fee-paying schools, new analysis shows. Some 65% of... Read more »