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

  By JulieGK at 19:38 on 27/11/12

  

  Finsbury Park schools which fall in the Islington borough have had good news as it is among the top ten places in the country for education 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...

• IAMS celebrates league table results

  By LiseS at 21:47 on 12/01/11

  

  Islington Arts and Media School can feel proud of its place in the London-wide school league tables today, having scored a very healthy 1046.3 in the important "value-added" column which indicates how well pupils have progressed since arriving at secondary school. A score of 1000 indicates that pupils in a year group are progressing as well as expected based on their Sats scores recorded at the end of primary school. IAMS's...

• Sustainable school meals win Good Food Award

  By LiseS at 15:48 on 13/12/10

  

  Islington's sustainable school meals service has won a prestigious Good Food on the Public Plate award from the Sustain alliance. The group works to promote health and welfare through sustainable farming and food initiatives, and the awards honoured the public bodies that have made changes to provide meals that are better for the environment and for animal welfare. Over a billion meals a year are served to schoolchildren, hospital...

• New building works for IAMS N4

  By LiseS at 19:54 on 30/11/10

  

  Transform Islington Ltd has signed a contract with Islington Council to rebuild and refurbish Islington Arts and Media School (IAMS) under the previous government's Building Schools for the Future scheme. The plans for IAMS include both the construction of new buildings and extensive renovation and refurbishment of existing buildings. With its new facilities the school, a specialist arts and media college, will become a new centre of...

• Local opera company brings The Ring to schools

  By LiseS at 16:40 on 19/11/10

  

  Richard Wagner's nineteenth-century Ring Cycle, an opera that usually takes 15 hours to present over four separate performances, is being compressed into a 90-minute presentation for 120 schoolchildren by Pooles Park school's resident opera company English Pocket Opera. Formed in 1993, English Pocket Opera delivers specialist music workshops in for children and young people in opera composition and performance. Last year, the company...

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