Education: Primary
ON World Mental Health Day (10th October) two Harlow schools are being recognised for their commitment to children and young people’s mental health. Longwood Primary Academy and Stewards Academy will both be represented by finalists at the Wellbeing in Schools Awards, organised by children’s mental…
Latton Green – World Teacher Day 5th October According to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) World Teachers’ Day represents a significant token of the awareness, understanding and appreciation displayed for the vital contributions that teachers make to education and development. At NET…
A NEW headteacher has breathed positivity into Roydon Primary School just three weeks after he arrived. Michael Clark joined Roydon Primary School, in Epping Road, Roydon, at the start of the new school year as head of school. Having made the major switch from the…
BACK in March the student Junior Leadership Team at Freshwaters Primary Academy held a fundraiser disco night. The funds raised were used to purchase a defibrillator. The defibrillator is on site at Freshwaters and is available to use in an emergency situation both in and…
ON Wednesday, Cooks Spinney were visited by the Regional Schools Commissioner (For the East of England and North London) Tim Coulson. After meeting with Head of School Neil Stirrat, Executive Head of School Stuart Pope and BMAT CEO Helena Mills, Mr Coulson was taken on…
Teresa Avey and Marios Solomonides By Eric White BURNT Mill Academy Trust have appointed Teresa Avey as the head for Freshwaters Primary School with current head Marios Solomonides set to take up a trust wide role. Mr Solomonides joined the school, found…
A HARLOW school head has written to parents warning them regarding their conduct in the school playground. Katherines Primary Head, Suzanne Ryan wrote the letter after “increasing amount of incidences in our playground….whereby parents are verbally abusing/assaulting other parents.” Mrs Ryan has made it very…
LITTLE Parndon Primary School is the newest addition to the ever growing Hip Hop Pop empire. The weekly club offers street dance education to year 2 – 6 students and has proved so popular that a second club to cater for year 1 students has…
BURNT Mill Academy Trust are pleased to announce the appointment of a Head of School for the new Magna Carta Primary Academy. Mrs Amy Dias will lead the school in Stansted Mountfitchet from September 2016, based in the Peter Kirk Centre for the first year,…
THE HEAD of school at Cooks Spinney has informed parents that his role will be changing. His letter to the school is as follows: I would like to inform you of some changes to the Leadership Team at Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery. I…
IT’S not just all about the children at Freshwaters Primary Academy. Mums and dads are also getting stuck in with school work and showing their children how important school is. The school, in School Lane, Harlow, is keen for parents to get positively involved in…
A WEEK-long book fair at Cooks Spinney Primary Academy, in Cooks Spinney, Harlow, helped to develop pupils’ interest in books and reading for pleasure. Every day, teachers held reading sessions after school and gave children and their parents an opportunity to visit the fair to…
THE magic of Disney will help get a school community in the Christmas spirit. A team of 150 talented students at Burnt Mill Academy, in First Avenue, Harlow, are practising their lines and dance moves ahead of the Celebration of Disney production. The show will…
A BRAND new uniform has been unveiled at Cooks Spinney Primary Academy. The school, in Cooks Spinney, Harlow, is going through a rebrand with a new logo and a tweaked name from School to Academy to reflect the journey it is on with the Burnt…
THE outstanding educational progress and contribution of 30 young people was recognised at the annual Harlow Educational Progress Awards held last night (24 November 2015). The awards, organised by Harlow Council and the Harlow Strategic Educational Attainment Partnership, reward and recognise young people who have…





