Children are working with their parents to solve a daily challenge set by their headteacher. PUPILS at Roydon Primary Academy, in Harlow, are being set work to complete at home while schools are closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Teachers are sharing videos on education…

Children are being read bedtime stories by their very own class teachers. DURING the school shutdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic, teachers are finding new ways to communicate with and inspire their pupils. Teachers at Little Parndon Primary Academy, in Harlow, have filmed themselves reading…

A TEACHER has cloned himself so each child in his class has their very own version of him to lead their home learning. Enzo Vullo, Reception class teacher at Roydon Primary Academy in Harlow, has found exciting ways to capture the attention and imagination of…

Hundreds of safety visors to protect NHS workers have been produced by an engineering school. BMAT STEM Academy, in Harlow, has a business focus, with students studying science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) as a way of getting into those industries. The school has close…

WE do enjoy dropping in on the primary schools as the teachers use social media to read stories to their pupils. Today, it is Mr Stirrat, the head of Cooks Spinney Primary Academy who is reading a story. He is reading Silly Billy by Anthony…

Surgeons of the future got to learn more about the profession at an exclusive event. A GROUP of ten Year 9 and 10 students from Royal Docks Academy, in Newham, six from Burnt Mill Academy, in Harlow, and five from BMAT STEM Academy, in Harlow,…

A SCHOOL has been awarded for the care it has shown to the wellbeing of its staff during the Coronavirus shutdown. Sir Frederick Gibberd College, in Harlow, has received the Teach Well School Gold Award: Corona Virus Pandemic for taking care of the physical and…

CHILDREN who are attending school to allow their key worker parents to continue working during the Coronavirus outbreak have produced special messages of thanks. Year 7 students who are attending Sir Frederick Gibberd College, in Harlow, while their parents work in the hospital, for the…

Students will benefit from a six-figure investment in their school’s facilities. BMAT STEM Academy, in Harlow, has seen a raft of improvements to its building, thanks to a £510,000 capital grant from the Department for Education. A brand-new kitchen has been installed, as well as…

THE mental health of young people is being protected during the shutdown by a whole team of experts put together by their school. Burnt Mill Academy, in Harlow, has a pastoral and safeguarding team responsible for ensuring young people at the school are safe and…

Blogpost by Lucia Glynn Head of Operations at BMAT THE call came from one of our Assistant CEOs, the second day after we returned from February half-term. Two pupils, siblings, at one of our secondary schools had returned from a skiing holiday in northern Italy,…

A FORMER student has returned to her Harlow school to volunteer as a teacher during the Coronavirus shutdown. Daisy Perry left Burnt Mill Academy in 2015 with the ambition of returning to teach PE when qualified as a teacher. Since leaving, the former head girl…

COOKS Spinney Primary Academy teachers have produced a number of videos for their students. Today’s Spinney Story is read by the wonderful Mrs Blanking Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson

A HARLOW school has been awarded for its work to support young people who care for relatives at home. Sir Frederick Gibberd College, in Harlow, has been given a bronze Young Carers in Schools Award for its work to make sure students do not miss…