THE Prince of Wales asked all about education in Harlow when he bestowed school leader Helena Mills with a CBE. The CEO of the Burnt Mill Academy Trust (BMAT) attended a formal ceremony at Buckingham Palace where she received the honour from Prince Charles. During…

Harlow leads Britain’s Skills Revolution “I’m proud to see that Harlow has been used as a case study in the Industrial Strategy. With a new Enterprise Zone, the imminent move of Public Health England, a new M11 Junction (7a) and now the expansion of Harlow…

HALLOWEEN was somewhat extended at Stewards Academy, as both staff and students took part in activities that were decidedly gothic in nature for the first Reading Week of the school year. To promote this gothic extravaganza the English Department staff dressed up as gothic literary…

A whole school community have joined hands in a commitment against bullying. Pupils at Roydon Primary Academy, in Roydon, spent Anti Bullying Week learning about what bullying looks like, how to spot it and what to do about it. At the end of the week,…

BURNT Mill Academy and Sir Charles Kao UTC are working together for the benefit of students at both sites. While Burnt Mill is oversubscribed with space at a premium, practical science lessons are now being taught to Year 11 GCSE students at the neighbouring school’s…

Young people are signing up for a school club – where arguing is encouraged. BURNT Mill Academy, in Harlow, has relaunched its debate society where students in Year 7 to 11 come together to express their views. The club is also promoted as a way…

BEALE Jennifer AS part of out Harlow is 70 project, we went down to the Burnt Mill Academy on First Avenue and interviewed the Year 11 GCSE History class. In an hour long session, we asked the students why members of their family came to…

SAMARITAN’S Purse organise the Operation Christmas Child appeal each year. The appeal asks people to produce a small shoebox of gifts to send to children in need throughout the world. The fundraising event was led by the Sir Charles Kao UTC Student Senior Leadership Team. This…

STEWARDS Academy held a very special whole school Remembrance Ceremony on Fri 10th November. Guests of honour were Normandy veterans 96 year old Harry and 92 year old Richard who both have a longstanding relationship with Stewards. In 2014, as a result of a personal…

ON Wednesday 15th November Pear Tree Mead Academy held an anti bullying day. The day was organised by Mrs Julie Haigh (Inclusion Manager) and Mr Mark Walker (Class Teacher). They began the day with an assembly followed by a day of activities around anti-bullying with…

Table Tennis Win for Passmores Academy PASSMORES U16 Table Tennis team were celebrating coming first at the Essex Schools qualifiers on 16th November 2017. They beat Gable Hall school in a tight and competitive battle winning by only one game. The team consisted of: Diesel,…

TWO students from St Nicholas’ Independent school in Old Harlow have been successful in recent ISA national competitions Amelia Redcliffe in last year’s Year 11 has won the Key Stage 4 ISA National Film and Digital Art Competition for her digital painting, ‘Lost’, which she…

NINE year 9 Citizenship students participated in the Essex Youth Assembly development conference at Chelmsford Race course where they learnt debating skills, debating about issues such as funding cuts to local services. They also planned a campaign to do with lowering the voting age to…

EXTENSIVE work to ensure children with special educational needs achieve highly has earned Burnt Mill Academy national praise – from a blogger who criticised the school before seeing its work in action. Jules Daulby, education leadership governor of national charity Driver Youth Trust, wrote a…