Dear Parent/Carer, This letter is from the Council on behalf of Headteachers and Principals of schools and academies in Barking and Dagenham where your child or children attend. It concerns ongoing reports of violence and anti-social behaviour in the community outside school hours. Kn

It is hard to believe that we are now just seven school weeks away from the end of the academic year. This has been an intense half-term, with staff and students working to their full capacity in preparation for exams, assessments and nearing the final stages of programmes of study fo

Congratulations to our children in Year 2 who completed their KS1 SATs this week – you worked incredibly hard, well done! It has been a good start to GCSE and A Level exams this week – we can see how hard our Year 11 and Year 13 students are working, keep it up! A huge tha