Council set to re-run programme to encourage former teachers back to the classroom Former teachers are being encouraged to consider a return to the profession as Essex County Council relaunches a campaign to help tackle the recruitment challenge facing schools. A first cohort of 40…

TWO education leaders who are transforming primaries in Harlow have been called upon to help other schools across the county. Stuart Pope and Sophie Laing are executive headteachers within the Burnt Mill Academy Trust (BMAT), with responsibility for four primary schools in the town. Both…

STEWARDS Academy invite you to their Open Day and Evening. Full details on their poster.

A scheme that empowers children as young as four to stay safe from abuse reached more than 51,000 primary school pupils in Essex last year, new figures reveal. The NSPCC’s Speak Out Stay Safe programme was delivered to 51,282 children at 194 primary schools in…

SHOCKING research reveals 200,000 school kids* could lose access to breakfast at school due to slashed budgets and cuts. Worrying findings released today revealed 43 per cent of teachers say their school breakfast club will have to close in the next three years – including…

Nominate a teacher for fifth annual Essex Teaching Awards PUPILS, parents and school staff are being encouraged to make nominations for the 2018 Essex Teaching Awards as the new academic year gets underway. The annual awards, which are run by Essex County Council, recognise the…

COOKS Spinney Primary has been highly praised by government watchdog Ofsted in a recent school inspection. The school, which is part of the Burnt Mill Academy Trust, was visited at the end of last term. The report states: Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery has…

BURNT MILL ACADEMY TRUST SECONDARY OPEN DAYS 2017 Come and see staff and students making the journey from outstanding to world class WEDNESDAY 6th SEPTEMBER FOREST HALL SCHOOL Forest Hall Road, Stansted Mountfitchet Essex CM24 8TZ (01279) 813384 fhs.essex.sch.uk THURSDAY 7th SEPTEMBER BURNT MILL ACADEMY…

Epping St John’s School students were today celebrating “transformational” GCSE results. Year 11 students were thrilled with “massive success” at the school, in Bury Lane, Epping, with the best results in the school’s history. The 2017 summer exam season saw students sitting the new grade…

Council congratulates Essex pupils on GCSE results as new grading system is introduced THOUSANDS of school pupils in Essex are celebrating after collecting their GCSE results today. In the first year since a new numerical grading system was introduced, about 15,000 young people were entered…

ESSEX County Council dealt with more than 1,200 enquiries from teachers affected by yesterday’s internal payroll process failure by lunchtime today (Friday 25 August), as well as making around 100 emergency hardship payments to staff. The Council has also been in touch with the major…

BURNT Mill Academy students were today celebrating personal triumphs as they opened their GCSE exam results. The 2017 summer exam season saw students sitting the new grade 9 to 1 GCSEs for the first time in maths and English, with staff having to prepare students…

THE Passmores Academy community celebrated the students’ GCSE results on Thursday morning. Changes to the exam system have made this the most challenging of years for the school. Principal, Vic Goddard said: 
“The Passmores community is delighted with the results of their hard work.  62%…

ST Mark’s West Essex Catholic School were celebrating an excellent set of results that yet again demonstrate exceptionally good performances against all of the key achievement measures. It must be stressed that there can be no comparability between last year’s results and this year’s, given…