Closure of primary school in Hackney highlights struggle of London families

Residents absolutely fuming' about council's decision to shut Colvestone primary and transfer its pupils

Helen Davis could not believe her children's luck when Hackney council announced the borough's first 21st-century street" was going to be built on the doorstep of their local school.

It still makes me tingle just to think about it," she said. Colvestone primary school was going to be at the heart of this new, pedestrianised, green space. Pupils were going to be able to grow their own vegetables, run conservation projects and have outside play activities. They were even planning an outdoor classroom."