Last week Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form College achieved amazing A Level results for 2011, and now they've trumped their GCSE record too, with almost three quarters of students getting five or more A*-C grades. There was a 10% increase in the number of Year 11 students landing three or more A/A*s, reaching over 38%. Stoke Newington School's headteacher, Annie Gammon, praised the students' achievements, saying: "We are...

Stoke Newington School's sixth-formers have plenty to celebrate this weekend, as Thursday's A Level results have shown a huge improvement on last year's grades. A whopping 99% of students passed their A Levels at Stoke Newington's sixth form this year - a rise of 15% on 2010. And 55% scored a B grade or above; again, a huge improvement. It's particularly nice to see these kind of achievements since Hackney's youth recieved such bad...

Hackney school pupils took to the catwalk this week at an event to show how being green can be both fun, fashionable and hassle-free.   Students from Stoke Newington High School, Horizon School and Hackney Free and Parochial Secondary School showed off designs they had made entirely out of recycled material, thanks to the Hackney Re-Made project organised by the fashion recycling charity TRAID, The Learning Trust and London...

There is nothing like smashing a national average of GCSE success that is however if you can do it for the second year running. I've been looking around at the local schools this week and have provided you with a little insight into the local schools and their achievements. Students from all over the borough have helped to put Hackney on the educational map by having around 55 per cent of students achieving five or more GCSEs...

The school holidays have gone in a flash and all of a sudden it's going back to school time.  With most schools in Hackney going back on Wednesday September 1 I've had a look at the best places to go in Stoke Newington to give you a guide of where to go. If your child attends Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form then the school recommends you buy all uniform and PE uniform from local school uniform suppliers Henry Taylor at...

The school summer holiday is fast approaching so I've put together a list of some of the cool things to do. A number of both indoor and outdoor activities are being put on Hackney Council this summer and the best thing is that most of them are free. The Summerplus programme will run at youth centres across the borough which provides teenagers aged from 13-19 with activities and a place to socialise. More schemes offering arts and...

Thousands of parents and pupils will miss out on school improvement work after Labour's Building Schools for the Future scheme is axed. But the good news for Hackney is that none of the schools affect are in the borough and Stoke Newington School and Clapton Girls Technology college have already received improvements. In April Sokenewingtonpeople reported that Stoke Newington moved towards completion of a multimillion regeneration. ...