Holiday Prep

Each half term break, students are given prep from either the English or the maths department.Over Easter, the prep for students is from the maths department.All prep is due back the first day in school after the holidays.Year 7Year 7 Easter PrepYear 8Year 8 Easter Prep 

Parents Newsletter

Our weekly HNS NEWS gives all the highlights of life in school alongside important information for students and parents: HNS Parents Newsletters

National Theatre production: The Bedbug!

The Bedbug! Performed this Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd March at the Rose Lipman Theatre at 7pm. Free to attend - do come by and watch the incredible show! Hackney New School are proud and excited to present our very first musical production in collaboration with the National Theatre Connections project - The Bedbug by […]

UKMT Success!

Congratulations to Chelsea, Theo, Abdullah and Eren. These four talented students from Years 8 and 9 competed in the London Regional Final of the UKMT Team Maths Challenge at Pimlico Academy and came third. This is an amazing accomplishment! They beat many independent schools across the capital and were pipped to the post by Westminster […]

Sixth Form Open Evening

Join us (with your parents) at our Open Evening on Thursday 10th December from 5pm to 7pm and see for yourself. Joanne Tallentire, Head of Admissions at Queen Mary University of London is the keynote speaker at the open evening

Local MP Meg Hillier Visits HNS

Our local MP Meg Hillier visited Hackney New School and took a tour of our school.​​ Meg was extremely impressed with our students, especially the learning ambassadors who did an excellent job of greeting her in their classrooms and explaining articulately what they were learning in that lesson. Meg spoke about various schemes that she […]

Top London Chef Nuno Mendes Visits HNS

Michelin star chef Nuno Mendes visited Hackney New School on Wednesday to enjoy our family style lunch service and meet students to help and inspire them as they go about creating the menus for next year when we will have our own purpose built kitchen. Nuno opened local restaurant Viajante in Bethnal Green Town Hall […]

Education Minister Praises HNS’s Music Provision

In a speech on how important music is to young people and for education, Education Minister Nick Gibb praised HNS’s music provision.The full speech can be read below.“Good morning. It is a great pleasure to be here today [12 March 2021] at the Music Education Expo in the Barbican, home to world-class music, theatre, art, […]