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 »
Where to find great schools and affordable homes in London

Where to find great schools and affordable homes in London

The words “affordable” and “London” are rarely seen in the same sentence, especially when it comes to property prices. That is exacerbated when introducing the capital’s best schools into the equation. Many... Read more »
London high school’s football players speak out amid hazing fallout

London high school’s football players speak out amid hazing fallout

Breadcrumb Trail Links Local Sports Local News Publishing date: Oct 16, 2022  •  3 hours ago  •  3 minute read  •  7 Comments Catholic Central High in downtown London. Article content Players on... Read more »
Croydon council banking on making £1m fining drivers outside schools – South London News

Croydon council banking on making £1m fining drivers outside schools – South London News

By Tara O’Connor, Local Democracy Reporter Croydon council is expected to make more than £1m from fining drivers outside schools next year. The figures were confirmed at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday... Read more »
Schools in England warn of crisis of ‘heartbreaking’ rise in hungry children | UK cost of living crisis

Schools in England warn of crisis of ‘heartbreaking’ rise in hungry children | UK cost of living crisis

Children are so hungry that they are eating rubbers or hiding in the playground because they can’t afford lunch, according to reports from headteachers across England. The headteachers say the government is... Read more »
Schools at risk of closure as families flee the cities and birth rates fall | News

Schools at risk of closure as families flee the cities and birth rates fall | News

It is a tale of two schools. In north London, Clerkenwell Parochial School — a 300-year-old primary where Charles Dickens once read his work to children for a penny — was forced... Read more »
Wanstead teen tackles school’s ‘boat load’ of plastic waste

Wanstead teen tackles school’s ‘boat load’ of plastic waste

A local teenager is determined to tackle the “boat load” of plastic waste binned daily at her school in Wanstead. Zalayka Azam, 17, has written an “environmental exposé” about Wanstead High School,... Read more »