User:Tim.dormouse/sandbox

Hackney New School is a mixed state secondary Free School in the London Borough of Hackney. It is situated on Kingsland Road. The school is part of the Community Schools Trust which also runs Forest Gate Community School and The Cumberland School, both in Newham.

History
The school was founded by a corporate financier, Andreas Wesemann, a violinist, Sophie Solomon, an architect, Andrew Tetlow, and Phillippa De’Ath, the CEO of an education technology company in 2013.

Students moved into the state-of-the-art facility on Kingsland Road, Hackney in 2016. Professor Anthony “AC” Grayling and Stephen Manderson – aka chart-topping rapper Professor Green - were at the unveiling of the school site, also in 2016.

In 2019, the school was taken over by the Community Schools Trust. Charlotte Whelan, former headteacher at Ofsted rated Outstanding Forest Gate Community, was made headteacher.

Prestigious Colleges programme
In partnership with The Community Schools Trust, Hackney New School runs the Prestigious Colleges Programme. The Prestigious Colleges Programme is exclusively for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

In its first year, student Nicole Monteiro- Ariza won a place at fee-paying Highgate School on a £44,000 scholarship.