News - Camden Rise

Nominations for the Camden Youth Awards 2026 are now open until 4 October. The Youth Awards recognise and celebrate the inspiring journeys of young people, the hard work and dedication of staff and voluntary sector projects that make a real difference to the lives of children and young people in Camden. This year we have six award categories which are outlined in the Information...

Camden teacher and children's author Andrew Scott will appear on 5's Milkshake! Story Den on 11 September. Andrew, a teacher at Rhyl Community Primary School, was chosen as one of six teachers from across the UK to take part in Feature Your Teacher, a special initiative from 5's preschool programming block, Milkshake!, celebrating teachers who inspire a love of reading in young...

Remix Dance is a community dance project, which runs free weekly after-school hip hop and street dance classes - as well as offering performance opportunities - to children aged 5 to 16 from the Regent's Park Estate and across Camden borough. The after-school classes, which take place during term-time on Wednesday and Thursday, are now enrolling. Wednesdays at Euston Community...

Do you want to learn an instrument, already play an instrument or love to sing? Why not come along to a Camden Music taster session on Saturday 19 or 26 September to develop your skills and make music with others. At the Junior Centre, there are beginner groups for children in Years 1 and 2. At the Senior Centre, Camden Music runs beginner to advanced groups for pupils...

Yesterday (Thursday 20 August), Camden students celebrated receiving their GCSE results. Provisional results show that that 73.7% of Camden schools’ GCSE exam entries in 2026 were awarded grade 4 or above, higher than this year’s national average of 67%. 7.2% of GCSE exam entries by Camden schools gained the top grade 9 this year, which was also above the 2026 national average of 5%,...