How to apply for high school
Applications for children to start high school in our borough are now being received. If your child was born between 1 September 2006 and 31 August 2007, he or she will be due to leave their primary school next summer and start year seven at a high school in September 2018. The recommended date for […]
Your photos – and get ready for a competition
Take a look at this gallery of great images sent in by readers. Thank you to everyone who sent some in over recent months. We have been so impressed with all of the pictures we have published during this time that we have decided to launch a photo competition. The images above are some of […]
Should you apply for an apprenticeship? ‘Yes, make sure you do’
Ricky and Amy are both successfully building careers after doing an apprenticeship. One became an apprentice at Ealing Council and the other in the private sector; and they did so via two council-run schemes that are both recruiting again, right now. Apprenticeship with the council More than 250 young people have gone through the council’s […]
Runaway success at sporty Selborne
Yesterday we told you about the success at Stanhope Primary at tackling obesity, well another primary school in Greenford has taken its own route to healthier pupils. It has seen a remarkable rise in the number of children joining sport clubs that take place in the morning, lunchtime or after school. In fact, nearly every […]
Fresh start at Stanhope, where pupils’ health is miles better
Obesity rates in Ealing are higher than the London and England averages. One school in particular was struggling with the issue, but now things could not be more different. Stanhope Primary School in Greenford used to have the worst rates in the borough for overweight or obese pupils. In fact, 54% of the children weighed […]
Did monks’ ghosts haunt local church?
Ghosts and the supernatural will rear their heads next month, in October, with Hallowe’en everywhere you look. St Dunstan’s church in East Acton, a relatively new church (mid‑Victorian), has been the subject of much speculation and, perhaps, could be deemed the borough’s most haunted church, writes Dr Jonathan Oates. It was in 1946 that several […]
Ealing Half Marathon and the school run
Ealing Half Marathon consistently picks up awards and has become a firm fixture of local life each September; but did you know about the enormous amount of work the team behind the event does to inspire thousands of local schoolchildren to stay active and healthy? The sixth annual Ealing Half Marathon will take place on […]
Kitchen garden’s community roots
If you go down to a playground in Acton Green today you might be in for a surprise because, right next to it, there is a small, living kitchen garden that has been growing fragrant, perennial herbs and fruit and edible flowers. Even national judges inspecting parks were impressed. Acton Green Community Herb Garden was […]
Join the march, sign the petition; save our hospitals
Residents are being called on to join a public march on 30 September and sign a petition to protest against proposed changes to local hospitals that have been described by the leader of Ealing Council as a genuine risk to health. The NHS has closed the maternity unit and children’s ward at Ealing Hospital and […]
Could you be an ‘ICV’ and check on people in police custody?
Volunteers are needed to visit police stations to check on people being held there – and make sure they are being treated fairly. Could you do it, and become an independent custody visitor (ICV)? In London, the elected mayor is responsible for overseeing the work of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on behalf of the […]
A whale-sized effort sees borough hit recycle target early
Thanks to your efforts, the borough has already hit its 2018 recycling target. At roughly 140 tonnes in mass, the blue whale is the largest creature on Earth – so imagine how heavy 300 of them put together would be; that is getting towards the weight of all the recycling collected across the borough over […]
Around Ealing magazine – September 2017
This is the September 2017 edition of Around Ealing magazine, writes editor Richard Nadal. There is a focus on education and schools at the front part of the magazine, with it being the beginning of a new academic year. You can open the magazine in two formats below: As an interactive digital version or as […]