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…

BURNT Mill Academy Students create art for Princess Alexandra Hospitals Maternity Unit Year 11 art students from Burnt Mill Academy were commissioned by the maternity staff at PAH to create a range of prints, drawings and paintings for our maternity unit. Miss Humphreys, Art Teacher…

JUSTINE Greening, the Secretary of State for Education has approved the opening of the Sir Frederick Gibberd College, a new secondary school with sixth form that will open in Tendring Road, Harlow. The approval follows a rigorous independent approval process conducted by the Department for…

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…

HARLOW MP, Robert Halfon was in Burnt Mill on Thursday afternoon. He met with Burnt Mill GCSE citizenship students. The students, in years 9 – 11, had an opportunity to ask Mr Halfon questions as well as answering his questions about life as a young…

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…

BURNT Mill Academy Trust has set the record straight on reports of redundancies across the school. Speculation has been rife both at the front gates from Little Parndon to Cooks Spinney that jobs are about to go. A spokesperson for the Trust said: “Nothing has…

NEW mums and dads will welcome their babies into the world surrounded by colourful artwork. Creative students at Burnt Mill Academy, in First Avenue, Harlow, have been commissioned to produce a series of paintings to brighten up the maternity unit of the Princess Alexandra Hospital…

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 works of Shakespeare were brought to life during a school festival. Students from Burnt Mill Academy, in First Avenue, Harlow, took part in the Shakespeare for Schools Festival at the Playhouse and took the challenge to turn a piece of work into a 30-minute…

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…

Nicole Barr hit the headlines recently with a mark of 162 in a test set by high IQ society Mensa – two points higher than the famous geniuses. The score puts her in the top one per cent of intelligent people in the world. Nicole,…