A Harlow primary school is eagerly awaiting a visit from Ofsted, having gained high praise from a variety of education leaders. Cooks Spinney Primary Academy, in Cooks Spinney, is due a visit from the education authority anytime now. While a visit from Ofsted can be…

KIDDI Caru’s Day nursery in Harlow was a riot of colour yesterday as the children and staff enjoyed celebrating Holi. Holi, also widely known as the Festival of Colours, is a Hindu festival that marks the arrival of spring and celebrates love, colour and the…

Olé! It’s a Latton Green Spanish day! LATTON Green Primary was alive with an extra dose of energy on Friday 24th February as they celebrated their very first Spanish Day! The event was organised to reward pupils for their positive attitude to learning Spanish. A…

NET Academies Trust is proud of our work within the community. As part of our vision to develop children into global citizens we employ a family support worker Miss Newton, who shares our vision in developing children and engaging parents in our academy cluster. We…

A HARLOW primary school has declared an emergency due to a mass sickness bug in the school. Tany’s Dell Primary in Mowbray Road put a short statement on its website on Thursday afternoon. “Emergency Closure – Tany’s Dell will be closed on Friday 24th February…

OFSTED has praised Holy Cross Primary after conducting a short inspection at the Tracyes Road school. The report states: “Following my visit to the school on 17 January 2017, I write on behalf of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills to…

On Monday 6th February Cooks Spinney Primary Academy was visited by author Jack Trelawny, one of the world’s leading childrens authors. Mr Trelawny then joined some pupils and head of school, Mr Stirrat, for the grand opening of the newly refurbished library. Before ending his…

ACTIVE Essex, the county’s sports and physical activity partnership, is celebrating the success of 64 schools who took part in the 5th annual winter games event. The competition is open to both primary and secondary schools who have won district level competitions in one of…

LITTLE Parndon Primary Academy has been rated ‘Good’ in all areas by Ofsted following an inspection on 10th & 11th January 2017. Key findings show that – – The school is well led by the headteacher, who is determined to give every pupil the best…

THE LEADER of Harlow Council, cllr Jon Clempner opened a new wing at Pear Tree Mead school. Cllr Clempner was joined by the portfolio for education at Essex Council as well as governors and friends of the school. The new wing comes after the school…

CHILDREN’S voices from Harlow’s Latton Green Primary School rang out at London’s 02 Arena last night (19th January) as part of a performance by the world’s largest children’s choir. The Young Voices singing spectacular, which is celebrating 20 years of shows, involved some 7, 495…

LONGWOOD Primary Academy has started their multi-million-pound extension works. They will have four new modern classrooms, reprographics room and library ready for their new intake in September 2017. Since the school became an academy in January 2015 it has gone from strength to strength, with…

On Monday 19th December, Purford Green Primary School received a trophy from Essex libraries for their commitment to the Summer Reading Challenge It received the Best School In Harlow Award because the school worked closely with Tye Green Library to encourage the whole school to…

ACCORDING to the new government guidelines, every single primary school in Harlow, bar six, has under-performed in the most recent rounds of SATS exams. Schools are considered under-performing if fewer than 65 per cent of pupils fail to reach the expected standard in reading, writing…