There is a vibrant good news story doing the rounds this week, in the shape of 24 school kids from the Rokeby School in Newham, East London and their deputy-head teacher, Willie Deighan. The story has ...

Robert Headley, a DT teacher at Rokeby School in Newham, claimed Jews were 'evil' and gay people have the 'DNA of Satan' before he was sacked for gross misconduct, a tribunal heard.

Four schools in London have been shut for up to a month after being infested by false widow spiders. Two primary schools and two secondary schools have closed after Britain's most venomous spider ...

Anne-Marie Fenttiman, 36, whose son Mitchell goes to Rokeby School, said: "My son is upset, he just started school and he likes being there. "Luckily, I'm a stay-home mum so I can be here with him.

Staff at Rokeby School in poverty-stricken Newham, East London were delighted when they found out LOCOG would be upgrading their stiflingly-hot sports hall for Olympic athletes to train in.

Rokeby headteacher Charlotte Robison told parents in a letter it also made the "difficult decision" to close until Oct. 29, noting "it is in your child's best interest to remain at home and not at ...

A spokeswoman for Newham Council said: “Two local primary schools (Ellen Wilkinson and Star) and two secondary (Rokeby and Lister) have closed to treat a‘ noble false widow’ spider infestation.

Exterminators have been called into Rokeby School, Canning Town, one of the closed schools in London Credit: 2018 Gustavo Valiente / i-Images. The John F Kennedy Special School became the latest ...

35% of pupils did not pass core subjects by Thahidur Rahman, Rokeby School. ... Only two schools in Newham made below average progress - Royal Docks Academy and Cumberland School.

Rokeby School, in Newham, is due to remain closed until after the half-term break after spiders were found on site. The pupils will be set work online until the school reopens on 29 October.

At least three schools in Newham have been forced to close after being infested by false widow spiders. ... There's also believed to be an infestation at Rokeby Secondary School in Canning Town.

Seven schools have now closed as a result of infestations of False Widow spiders – the most venomous in Britain. Children have been ordered into school to collect work to do at home during the ...