In this edition we focus on children and education and how three of our amazing schools are now rated as outstanding in what they do to provide our young people with the best learning environments (p8). Read the remarkable stories of Shaftesbury Primary (p11), Cleves Primary (p17) and Forest Gate Community (p27). You can also read how one inspiring resident has faced up to the challenges of mental health (p12) and we turn back the clock to see what Newham Council was like when it was formed in 1965 (p14). All the fun of the Mayor’s Newham Show returns in July and you can see some of what is being lined up (p12). You can also discover what we can all do to remove some of the hazards that blind people face every day (p24). There’s a warning of hefty fines for litter dumpers (p23) and we publish more photographs of people we want to question about doing that very thing (p29).
Councillor Rev. Quintin Peppiatt, Cabinet member for children and young people
