From May onwards, the new mayor Linda Huggett of Redbridge will be officially in office. The new mayor has served as deputy mayor from 2014 to 2015. On the 19th of January, all 63 councillors voted in favor of her in Redbridge Council Hall. Linda Huggett is taking over office from Labor Cllr Gurdial Bhamra. After being …
Many nursery schools face serious struggles due to cuts in funding. Although early years education is highly appreciated by working parents allowing them to give their young children into free care for 30 hours a week many of them might face closure soon. Across Britain, only 400 nursery schools are still open of which 67% state …
Many of us have noticed the warning messages on Busstop signs informing Londoners about high levels of air pollution. Now, Redbridge Council has also raised concerns regarding the high air pollution. On a scale lead by Kings College London these days pollution has reached a level of 8 (scale 1-10). All citizens are asked to …
New changes in the distribution of funding for Grammar Schools has forced some schools to ask parents for financial contributions. This money is used to pay for necessities like the salaries of teachers or teaching material. Although public school’s great advantage is the fact that they are free, many fear that this might change now …
This year the highest number of Sixth formers at Bancroft’s School ever recorded was accepted into Oxford or Cambridge. 25 students, of which 17 were accepted into University of Cambridge and 8 were accepted into University of Oxford, celebrate their outstanding results. Teachers confirm that this year group has been standing out from other year …
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The first few weeks of January are extremely nerve-racking for lots and lots of students all over the UK because of the upcoming entrance exams. Most of them have been preparing for the 7+, 11+ and 13+ exam for multiple months or even more and now the time has come to proof their knowledge and …
Pupils from Christchurch School and Loxford School took part in a friendly competition at Lee Valley Athletics Centre to mark its 10th anniversary. The Centre sees up to 4,000 visitors weekly and an overall of 1.5million athletes over the years. Amongst these, the most famous ones were Usain Bolt and Greg Rutherford. However, the true value …
Mister Chen, co-founder of Tencent has put the educational world in a state of excitement because of a new technology related award he has launched. Lately, Mr. Chen’s focus has been lying on developing technologies that can impact how education is mediated worldwide. The recipient of the award will receive 8 Million Dollars as a …
An Icelandic study based in Reykjavik has recently found that there are multiple genes related to a person’s educational path. According to the researchers, this genes is declining since people who stay longer in Education automatically also tend to have fewer children. Hence, over the past 65 years the gene has slightly faded. However, they …
Despite all the effort of the community in trying to convince the council to leave the Library where it is, the vote has still not passed. Dozens of people were protesting in front of the building to give their appreciation for the educational space a voice. Waltham Forest Council is under a lot of pressure …
