This week 30 years ago: Islington Green School facing closure because of ‘unpopularity’
Published:
3:09 PM October 17, 2016
Updated:
8:06 PM October 15, 2020
Islington Gazette: October 17, 1986 - Credit: Archant
Islington Green School was facing closure – because not enough pupils were choosing to study there.
An inspection report said “drastic changes” were required for the school, in Prebend Street, so it would become more popular with pupils and parents.
In 1982, the number of “first preference” applicants was 210, but it had fallen to 78 in 1986.
It closed in 2008, and is now City of London Academy Islington.
Highbury Fields School, meanwhile, was praised for its “orderly” atmosphere.
You may also want to watch:
However, some teachers were criticised for “over-indulgence”, resulting in a “diminution in the quality of teaching and learning”.
Most Read
- 1 Meet the owner of the Camden Passage shop window where nothing is for sale
- 2 'Extreme' noise complaint as 150 gather for Islington party
- 3 Two Tube lines closed after 10pm as TfL staff isolate due to Covid
- 4 Islington and Camden police chief to leave Met after 29 years
- 5 What do smoking and People Friendly Streets have in common?
- 6 New Lidl to open in Finsbury Park's Arts Building next week
- 7 Statue of Philip Noel-Baker replaced in Islington after 35 years
- 8 5 great places in north London to get away from the summer crowds
- 9 New 'ethical' Deliveroo-style service coming to Islington
- 10 Letters: Holloway Prison site development
