• Exam results round off a good year for Islington primary schools

  By JulieGK at 21:59 on 17/12/12

  

  Islington primary schools achieved their best ever English and maths results for tests taken by 11 year-olds in 2012. The validated national Key Stage 2 results - published on Thursday by the Department for Education - show that 80 per cent of Year 6 Islington pupils gained a Level 4 or higher in both English and maths. This is a six percentage point increase on the 2011 results and matches the levels reached in the rest of England. ...

• Islington among top ten in the country for good and outstanding schools

  By JulieGK at 19:26 on 27/11/12

  

  Islington is among the top ten places in the country for schools that are rated as good or better by Ofsted. Data released in Ofsted's annual report – released today - ranks local authorities across the country according to inspectors' assessments of schools. Islington is ranked 9th out of 152 authorities, with 87.5 per cent of Islington's primary and secondary schools rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted for overall...

• Islington students celebrate A Level results 2012

  By JulieGK at 11:50 on 17/08/12

  

  Students at Islington Sixth Form Consortium (IC6) have achieved a 99 per cent pass rate in their A-level results for the third year running.  Some 67 per cent of exam entries were A*-C grades, while 41 per cent were A*-B grades. The consortium (IC6) is made up of students from Central Foundation Boys' School, Highbury Fields, St Aloysius College and Highbury Grove schools. Each of the schools has individually achieved a 98 per...

• Sorry Kids, school's on for now

  By abi_silvester at 16:09 on 01/12/10

  

  All Islington schools have been open this week despite the snowy conditions, and with only a light dusting forecast for tomorrow, a duvet day seems unlikely. But snowball fights in the playground are what winter's all about, right?

• Elizabeth Garrett Anderson pupils make stage and screen debut

  By LiseS at 15:52 on 17/11/10

  

  Y9 pupils from Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Language College are excited about making their debut tomorrow at The Place theatre, as part of touring dance production "Love Is In The Air". The students took part in a series of workshops last week, learning the classical Indian dance form Bharatanatyam, and their work was filmed to be included as part of the performance.   Love Is In The Air is a new...

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