The newly introduced progress 8 GCSE league table looks at the best 8 grades in GCSE across the country. Redbridge schools were ranked 10th out of 150 schools across the UK. In particular, Woodford County High School scored 0.73 with 99% of pupils getting at least 5 A*s. The results can indeed be indicatory for the …
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After Rushcroft Foundation school was ranked lowest in the borough, the headmaster Mark Morrall is defending the school. The governmental ranking only takes GCSE results into account which have been low due to the school taking in oversea refugees. Hence, Mister Morrall stresses that some of the children joined the school half way through the …
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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 …
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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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 …
