STUDENTS and staff at St Mark’s West Essex Catholic School are today celebrating another great year, with students once again achieving excellent results, with many going on to universities, often the first in their family. Another superb pass rate was achieved with 95% of all…

POSITIVE exam results released today are a sign of things to come at a brand-new school due to open in September, according to the head. Sir Charles Kao UTC, in Harlow, became part of the BMAT group of schools earlier this year. The Trust immediately…

Red Hot Results for Harlow College A Level Students WHILE Britain has been basking in record-busting temperatures, Harlow College Sixth Form students kept their cool to record another sizzling set of A Level results. This is the only the second year that most A Levels…

Students ‘Shake-up Shakespeare’ to become published writers A STAGGERING fifty-four Passmores Academy students are celebrating the amazing achievement of becoming published writers. The students, who are all currently in Year 9, were selected by publishing company, Young Writers from hundreds of competition hopefuls across Essex…

GOVERNMENT education watchdog, Ofsted has high praised Sunflower Day Nursery in Harlow. They visited the nursery, based on Broadley Road, in July. The report states: Staff have a good knowledge and understanding of how to promote learning and support the welfare and development of young…

SECONDARY school doesn’t seem so daunting now for the youngest students joining Burnt Mill Academy. By the end of the summer, 200 ten and 11-year-olds will have spent a week sampling what life at secondary school is like. Burnt Mill, in Harlow, holds two opportunities…

STUDENTS who collect their GCSE results in two weeks and plan to stay in full time education or unpaid training are still eligible for child benefit – but their parents must inform HMRC of their plans so it’s not automatically stopped on August 31. Forms…

A SCHOOL dedicated to STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects is waving students off to futures full of prospects. Year 13 students at the new BMAT STEM Academy, in Harlow, have secured themselves high-level apprenticeships and offers of prestigious university places. The school focuses…

BACK in 2014, we reported that Harlow student Jack Bradbury had gained five A levels and was on his way to study Medicine at Cambridge University. http://www.yourharlow.com/2014/08/20/jack-bradbury-five-a-levels-cambridge-and-the-muamba-moment/ Last week, we caught up with Jack to see how things were going. A Level results are just…

A STUNNING musical theatre production starring youngsters from Passmores Academy had the audience up on their feet three nights running when the school presented its end of year show, ‘Bugsy Malone’. A pastiche of early American gangster films, ‘Bugsy Malone’ parodies the world of mobster…

Passmores Academy Community Day ONE thousand students and staff members from Passmores Academy poured their energy and enthusiasm into helping others, when they took part in Passmores’ annual Community Day recently. Despite the sweltering heat, the young people, who are all aged between 11 and…

Robert Halfon MP meets apprentices from the NCS and Harlow College ROBERT Halfon visited Harlow College to meet with apprentices from both the college itself and from the National Citizen Service (NCS). Mr Halfon discussed the benefits of apprenticeships and was thrilled to hear about…

Education Secretary Damian Hinds says it is a “scandal” that some children still start school unable to speak in full sentences or read simple words reports the BBC. CHILDREN who start school behind their peers rarely catch up – “the gap just widens”, he will…