Education: Secondary
CHILDREN took a step back in time to learn about the Victorians. Year 5 pupils from Roydon Primary Academy, in Harlow, visited the Royal Gunpowder Mills, in Waltham Abbey, for a Victorian day. Matt Girvan, Year 5 teacher, said: “The annual trip was fantastic, as…
THE leadership of Burnt Mill Academy is being strengthened further – by a former Harlow schoolgirl. The outstanding school, in Harlow, is led by the Burnt Mill Academy Trust which is headed up by former headteacher Helena Mills. John Blaney, responsible for the day to…
A “sensational” open evening saw parents flock to check out the transformed Epping St John’s School. Hundreds of prospective students and their families took the opportunity to have a look around the school, which saw a 20% leap in its GCSE results this summer. Each…
STEWARDS Academy was overwhelmed by a huge number of people attending the annual Open Day. Several tours went around school during the day, led by School Council members and Prefects who were so proud to be able to show off their school. Visitors commented on the…
Harlow College NCS students raise vital funding for local hospice A number of students enrolled on the National Citizen Service (NCS) programme, for 15-17 year olds, have raised a healthy sum of money for local Hastingwood based charity, St Clare Hospice, as part of the…
KIDDI Caru’s Harlow day nursery is opening its doors to existing and prospective parents w/c 25th September, inviting them to experience and take part in the nursery’s varied activities for babies and toddlers. While it is usually the children who get to have all the…
SCHOOLS in Harlow have the chance to win £1,000 for their pre-school club by entering the annual Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Awards. Any school with a breakfast club can enter the awards. One club from each region of the UK will win £1,000 for its club…
Harlow MP, Robert Halfon, welcomes Government’s new National Funding Formula AFTER a strong campaign by Robert Halfon MP, the Government announced historic reforms to the schools funding system on Thursday 14 September. Robert welcomed the announcement that the Department for Education will increase schools spending…
YOUNG dancers were full of attitude when they attended a special assembly. Pupils at Little Parndon Primary Academy, in Harlow, were encouraged to give their best hip hop face when they took part in a taster session with Hip Hop Pop. Jenny Bater-Sinclair and Matt…
THIS month Essex Libraries has launched 10 Library Things to do before you’re ten – a checklist to help parents and children get the most out of their local library. It comes after the under-fives checklist earlier in the year and is a fun way…
PARENTS of children currently in Year 6 are now being encouraged to apply for their children’s secondary school places for September 2018. Parents and carers of children due to start at secondary school (Year 7) in September next year can apply between 12 September 2017…
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…
