Outstanding teachers and school support staff have been recognised at the 2018 Essex Teaching Awards. The annual awards, which are in their fifth year, took place at Hamptons Sports and Leisure Centre in Chelmsford last Thursday (8 February). The Essex County Council-run event celebrates excellence…

PARIS, the city synonymous with sophistication and style was the destination for twenty-nine lucky students from Passmores recently. The students’ arrival in the City of Light was heralded by a sighting of the Champs-Élysées and their first glimpse of the Arc de Triomphe. Later there…

AS we reported in January, Burnt Mill Academy assistant headteacher, Shawki Bakkar is on the road to running the London Marathon. So far he has raised hundreds of pounds as well as shedding over six stone. On Friday, he ran from Roydon Primary to Burnt…

KIDDI Caru’s Harlow day nursery is lending its support to the global Safer Internet Day campaign this week. (Tuesday 6th February). Coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre, Safer Internet Day is celebrated in over 100 countries. It will see Kiddi Caru…

A show’s production team was made up of 12-year-olds for the first time. Year 8 students at Burnt Mill Academy, in Harlow, took charge of the lighting, sound and projection for a recent production. They were supporting Year 9, 10 and 11 students who performed…

PEMBERLEY Academy has recently been shortlisted by Active Essex for an award given out to a nominated school in the county with the broadest provision for physical activity and sport, called ‘Education champion of the year’. The school on Hodings Road, which only opened in…

Packed Houses Enjoy St Mark’s Production of Beauty and the Beast ST Mark’s West Essex Catholic School annual musical production played to packed houses last week as children and adults enjoyed splendid performances of Beauty and the Beast over a two night run. In addition,…

ST JAMES Primary school in Harlow has received a very positive inpection report from government watchdog Ofsted. The school based at Paringdon Road in Harlow was visited between January 10th and 11th. The report states: The headteacher is a highly effective leader. She has very…

YOUNG people are celebrating LGBT History Month by taking pride in their family. The Burnt Mill Academy Trust (BMAT) schools are marking the month-long event with a series of activities. In the west Essex hub of schools, the Pride in Our Family tagline is being…

JOHN Godber’s play from the mid-eighties is an undoubted classic. So much so that it is firmly enshrined in GCSE work at many schools. This reviewer only realised this when they turned up to the Playhouse to find a packed audience from schools across the…

THE HOLOCAUST Educational Trust is currently offering two Harlow College students the opportunity to take part in the upcoming Lessons from Auschwitz Project. The project has run for several years enabling students to experience a trip to Auschwitz before passing on their discoveries to fellow…

This yearly celebration is usually held in the run up to Christmas but had to be postponed due to inclement weather in December. As a Passmores tradition and much anticipated event, it was decided to reschedule the party to take place this term as a…

THE COMPANY that runs Mark Hall Academy has posted a £2.5 million deficit, its accounts have revealed. Birmingham-based The Academy Transformation Trust runs 21 schools across the country. The trust was the subject of an Education and Skills Funding Agency investigation (ESFA) late last year,…

By Chloe McKendrick TELEVISION personality, Trisha Goddard, has revealed that she gave former Harlow College student and now tutor, Naomi Channell her big break in show business. Trisha spoke to students at the college and recalled that she gave Naomi, a former sports student and…