Events
Students Award Ceremony 2025
Foundation Trustee Jo Roundell Greene, granddaughter of Clement Attlee, joined students, families, and dedicated teachers, including Senior Curriculum Manager Mohon for A levels Humanaties to honor outstanding academic accomplishments as young people embark on their next chapter toward university and career success. The Attlee Foundation proudly celebrates the remarkable achievements of students at the Attlee A Level Academy, where the buzz of success filled the Poplar campus of New City College on July 3rd. This milestone event showcases our strengthening partnership with the Academy and our unwavering commitment to supporting the communities that Clement Attlee championed. Through meaningful collaboration and shared vision, we continue his legacy of educational excellence and opportunity in East London, empowering the next generation to achieve their dreams and transform their futures.
Attlee & The East End Then & Now
Professor Jon Davis is Director of the Strand Group at King’s College London. His research and work focus on the contemporary history British central government. He is the co-author with The Independent’s John Rentoul of ‘Heroes or Villains?: The Blair Government Reconsidered’ which became the basis for BBC Two’s five-part documentary series ‘Blair and Brown: The New Labour Revolution’. Professor Davis’s Cabinet Office-sponsored PhD was published as ‘Prime Ministers and Whitehall, 1960-74’ in 2007. Professor Davis lectures at King’s College London on the history of Prime Ministers and Chancellors and on modules partnered with No.10 Downing Street. Before joining King’s, Professor Davis spent a total of eighteen years at Queen Mary, University of London, and rose to be a Lecturer in the Department of History, Director of the Mile End Group (2004-14), overseeing more than 100 increasingly high-profile events over more than a decade, and Associate Director of Corporate Affairs.
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