Education: Secondary
By Local Democracy Reporter Piers Meyler MANDATORY 20mph zones outside schools and similar zones for residential streets if requested by the majority of residents may be in place within six months. Essex County Council full council voted to review the current 20mph policy to introduce…
A ONCE-in-a-lifetime trip saw teenagers experience the Blue Lagoon and a walk over a volcano. Year 10 and 11 students from Burnt Mill Academy were given the opportunity to take the experiential trip as part of their geography and science GCSE courses. The 23 students…
CURIOUS young minds got to explore outside of the classroom with a trip to the zoo. Year 2 pupils at Freshwaters Primary Academy, in Harlow, have been studying the book Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett, looking at the vocabulary used, the continent Kalahari Desert is…
THE children and staff at Purford Green Primary school in Harlow were really upset on Thursday about the actions of an adult member of the community. Around lunchtime a member of the public reported seeing an adult “deliberately emptying dog faeces on the path outside…
Passmores students make their own judgement on the law A trip to Chelmsford Crown Court provided an insight into the realities of the criminal justice system for thirteen Year 9 students from Passmores Academy earlier this month. The students, who are all studying GCSE Citizenship,…
A HARLOW Pre-school has been highly praised following an inspection by government watchdog, Ofsted. Home From Home Childcarers Pre-School which is based in Purford Green was inspected in May 2018. The report made the following observations. Staff successfully observe and assess each children’s progress and…
Children take charge of lessons as the role of teacher was handed over to pupils. MATHS mentors have been appointed at Cooks Spinney Primary Academy, in Harlow, with responsibility for supporting the learning of their peers, supporting their teachers, building a positive ethos towards maths…
THE HEADTEACHER of Mark Hall Academy, Corinne Franchesci is set to leave the school this month. Since coming from the Harris Federation, the determined head has slowly and steadily led the school on an improvement journey. It looks like the head would just like to…
IF you wanted to get a sense of what a feel-good school is, then you could do worse than visit Katherines Primary Academy on the occasion of their Summer Fete. The fete was opened by Harlow MP, Robert Halfon. By the time, YH turned up,…
THE number of teachers working in state-funded schools in England has fallen to its lowest level since 2013, official statistics show. Last year, 451,900 full time equivalent teachers were working in English state schools, compared with 457,000 in 2016. Teacher numbers have not been lower…
HARLOW College is celebrating its sixtieth birthday. We will be running a series of news items over the next few months but to start off with, have a look at this collage by the College.
AN incredible 128 young people from schools and clubs across Harlow came together to receive prestigious Jack Petchey Foundation Achievement Awards presented across two awards ceremonies at the Harlow Playhouse on Monday 25th and Wednesday 27th June. The event honoured Achievement Award winners aged 11-25…
AN art café has been set up to raise money for charity. Year 9, 10 and 11 art, photography, textiles and food technology students at Burnt Mill Academy, in Harlow, have been working on the event purely in the name of charity. The 90 students…
