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Primary school recognised for supporting pupils' mental wellbeing

Kaizen Primary School senior pastoral lead Jason Summers, headteacher Barbara Sims and learning mentor Alice Bird.

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A school in Plaistow has been recognised for its focus on pupils' mental wellbeing.
School 360's co-headteachers Sarah Seleznyov and Andrea Silvain

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School 360 in Stratford gets final seal of approval

Jon King

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London City Airport launches mentoring scheme to boost aspirations

Jon King

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More than 6,000 children in the three boroughs are off school and self-isolating. Picture: Getty Ima

Coronavirus | Opinion

School leaders in a 'tricky position' as lockdown eases

Daniel Botting, executive principal, Bobby Moore Academy

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Teacher, Bobby Seagull, from Little Ilford School in Newham

Education

TV star teacher joins Get Into Teaching campaign

Chantelle Billson

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Curwen Primary School pupils with the National Online Safety certified school award.

Education

Plaistow school earns top marks for online safety

Andrew Brookes

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Lollipop lady, Bushra Sultana, looks out on a virtually empty Sebert Road. Picture: Jon King

Education

Wider roll out of scheme banning some drivers from school roads

Jon King

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Education

Commission set up to explore future of special needs provision in Newham

Jon King

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ribbon cutting ceremony

Education

Staff 'overjoyed' as nursery opens in Stratford

Jon King

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NewVIc honours programme manager and history lecturer Carina Ancell.

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NewVIc shortlisted for two national teaching awards

Andrew Brookes

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Mouhssin Ismail, principal of Newham Collegiate Sixth Form. Picture: Asian Media Group

Education

Sixth form college nominated for two further education awards

Andrew Brookes

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children bury a time capsule

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Pupils send 'awe-inspiring' accounts of pandemic into the future

Jon King

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Shehbaaz Patel

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Stratford School Academy pupil helps launch fund in memory of Prince Philip

Jon King

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Emilia Boulton, a trainee teacher at Newham College

Coronavirus

College teacher: Students 'lose trust' over government's Covid response

Michael Cox

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09/03/2021 Students from the Cumberland School in Newham, London who have earned scholarships

Education

How staff helped Plaistow pupils win £1m of top college scholarships

Andrew Brookes

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Barking Dagenham Newham Redbridge elderly pen pal initiative

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Schoolchildren writing to elderly in project designed to combat loneliness

Cash Boyle

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Brampton Manor Academy, East Ham

Brampton Manor secures more Oxbridge offers than Eton

Rachael Burford, Local Democracy Reporting Service

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Parents are furious over the delay to to the 11 Plus exam in Redbridge. Picture: PA/David Jones

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Newham sixth form leaders urge government to make plans clear for 2022

Jon King

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Simon Elliott is CEO of the Community Schools Trust and headteacher at Forest Gate Community School

Teachers made thousands of phone calls a week to help children in lockdown

Rachael Burford, Local Democracy Reporting Service

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Lyn Brown is the Labour Party MP for West Ham. Picture: Labour Party

Education

Deaf pupils tell MP Lyn about Covid challenges

Andrew Brookes

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Little Ilford School site

Education News

Plans for special needs hub at Little Ilford School given green light

Jon King

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UEL

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Union members strike over redundancies at UEL

Jon King

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Lessons in schools on the truth about vaccines

Coronavirus

Lessons in schools to counter the anti-vaxxers

Rachael Burford, Local Democracy Reporting Service

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Royal Docks Academy pupils Alice with mother Madalina Necatu at home.

Education

How this Custom House school is supporting PMLD children to learn from home

Andrew Brookes

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The ArcelorMittal Orbit attraction and the London Stadium at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Str

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Careers advice on offer to students in east London

Jon King

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Here East CEO Gavin Poole. Picture: Here East

Education

New scholarship removes barriers to university for disadvantaged pupils

Andrew Brookes

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Andrea Silvain and Sarah Seleznyov on a site visit to the school

Education

Name of new primary in Stratford is announced

Jon King

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Hafs Academy

‘Grave concerns’ over Islamic faith school after Ofsted inspection fail

Tom Ambrose

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Oxford with Aisha inset

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Beckton student who almost withdrew application earns place at Oxford

Jon King

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Kate Thompson's latest book of Home Front stories

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Lavender Girls landed a job at Yardley’s 'for perfume perks and getting...

Mike Brooke

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