PUPILS from across the four primary schools within PCLC Trust (Pear Tree Mead, Potter Street, Purford Green and The Downs) came together this week for an exciting Cross-Primary Spelling Bee Final, celebrating literacy, confidence and a love of language. Following preliminary rounds held in each…

KINGSMOOR Academy PTA set to host Summer Party. Full details below.

MORE children in Harlow will get access to childcare close to home, as Labour announces funding to open a Best Start school-based nursery. In the latest drive by Labour to bear down on the cost of living, thousands more parents will save up to £8,000…

TIME for Change Kids, a school-aged wraparound provider based in Harlow has secured £30,000 of grant funding from Essex County Council. The funding will support 60 new school-age wraparound childcare places. It will also fund enrichment activities to build leadership skills and confidence. Wraparound childcare…

HARE Street Community Primary School and Nursery have both full time and part time spaces for September 20206. Full details below.

THE Downs Primary School and Nursery in Harlow are embracing their artistic side this summer as they take part in the Lions on the Loose Art Trail, a community-wide initiative raising funds for St Clare Hospice. As part of the project, the school will design…

BOTH events at MHA today were incredibly busy, with over 400 athletes taking part in our final indoor sportshall athletics events of this academic year. The morning saw 17 teams compete in the annual Years 3 and 4 Indoor Sportshall Athletics event. With large numbers,…

PUPILS at Potter Street Academy in Harlow are getting creative as they take part in this summer’s Lions on the Loose Art Trail, raising funds for St Clare Hospice. The school will be designing and decorating its own lion sculpture as part of the community-wide…

THANK you to all those who sent in World Book Day photographs. There was such an amazing variety of outfits and there is clearly a great appetite for reading. Well done to all the pupils, parents and school staff who got involved. The Lorax Abbotsweld…

IT is all change at the top of two popular Old Harlow primary schools. Vicky Early has left as headteacher of Harlowbury Primary School and Sophia Ovenlen will be leaving at the end of this term from her position at Fawbert and Barnard School. In…

PURFORD Green Nursery opened in September 2024 and is run by a talented team of highly qualified, caring, and empathetic staff. Parents consistently share wonderful feedback, describing how “staff teach from the heart in what they do,” and how their children “love coming to school,…

FRIDAY afternoon saw the Harlow Schools sporting bandwagon make its way across to Saint Nicholas School theatre for the annual Dance Festival. The six schools attending had a fabulous time showcasing their amazing talents to wow the audiences before joining forces with their school staff to…

ONCE again, as seems to be the case since Christmas, our Friday sporting event was hampered by awful weather. Though typical, as we’ve become used to, the school staff and athletes rallied round to produce another fantastic event. Credit: Little Parndon Primary This week’s Quad…

THE primary schools from across the PCLC Trust have come together to form the brand- new PCLC Primary Choir, marking an exciting milestone in collaborative music-making across the Trust. The choir made its first ever performance on Tuesday 3rd February, performing to an audience of…