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Summer Holiday Activity and Food Programme School Grant

6 May 2025

Waltham Forest will be running the DfE funded Holiday Activity and Food Programme which enables Local Authorities across England to provide holiday activities and food during school holidays in 2025.

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Summer School Transition Programme - Summer 2025

6 May 2025

Waltham Forest are pleased to share an opportunity for secondary schools to apply for grants to run secondary transition programmes in summer 2025.

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Free Environmental Education Programme

26 March 2025

Help tackle waste in your primary school!

North London Waste Authority have co-designed a year-long outreach programme, In the Know, with north London’s primary schools to help you to minimise waste in all areas of your school.

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Kooth: Staying Safe Online

24 March 2025

Kooth have a staying safe online recording aimed at all year groups in light of the recent series Adolescence on Netflix.

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National Careers Week 2025

21 February 2025

National Careers Week 2025 take place this year from Monday 3rd March to Sunday 8th March. Find out what resources there are to support young people in developing awareness and excitement about their future.

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AMBER cold health alert for London extended

Thursday 9 January 2025

Cold weather alert for London from Wednesday 1 January 2025 to Tuesday 14 January 2025.

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End of year message from the Director of Education

12 December 2024

As we come to the end of 2024 and the end of the Autumn term, The Interim Director of Education has sent a message to all Education.

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New Sensory Garden opened at Downsell primary school

11 December 2024

Downsell Primary School’ new Sensory Garden was opened on Friday 15 November 2024 by the
school’s Chair of Governors, David Backhouse MBE.

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ProVeg school plates awards

28 November 2024

Waltham Forest Catering get Gold school plates awards. The only caterer in the entire country to achieve this.

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