Young Trailblazers win accolade at TeenTech Awards TWO of Passmores Academy’s brightest young innovators, Mollie Smith and Abbie Morris (Year 10), represented Passmores at the TeenTech Awards at the Royal Society of Science in London at the end of June. The girls presented their ground…

STEWARDS Academy bid farewell to the Class of 2017 in style with students decked out in their finery as they headed down the red carpet to celebrate their 5 years here. The whole school turned out for the occasion along with very proud parents, carers,…

By Michael Casey THE FORMER head of English at St Marks school in Harlow has recently passed away after a short illness. I wanted to pay my own tribute to a remarkable woman who was a brilliant practitioner of the art of teaching. I would…

Nominations open for fifth annual Essex Teaching Awards Pupils, parents and teachers are being encouraged to put inspirational school staff forward for much-deserved recognition after nominations opened for the 2018 Essex Teaching Awards. The annual awards, which are run by Essex County Council, are in…

HUNDREDS OF concerned parents have signed a petition against Jerounds Primary school becoming a member of a particular academy group. A few weeks ago, YH reported that the Pyenest Road school had been rated as ‘inadequate” by government watchdog Ofsted after a recent inspection. Now…

EIGHT teachers from Stewards Academy headed off to complete ‘The Three Peaks Challenge’ last month: This involved climbing the highest mountains in England, Wales and Scotland in a weekend! The long drive, the changing weather and injury did not prevent the group completing this momentous…

MAJOR advances in tackling the skills shortage in Essex have been revealed in a new top level report for the county. Enormous progress been made to ensure local people are trained with the skills employers need, helping to boost Greater Essex’s £38billion economy. The key…

MORE than 40,000 children will turn super sleuth to solve a series of mysterious crimes at Essex Libraries as part of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge. The UK’s biggest annual reading initiative, which helps improve child literacy during the summer holidays when reading levels drop,…

A primary school has invested £25,000 in a sensory room to ensure all pupils are given the best opportunities to achieve. Cooks Spinney Primary Academy is now able to fully embrace pupils with educational healthcare plans which outline their additional needs. Previously, the school was…

LOCAL and global issues were the issues of the day at Passmores Academy recently. The forward thinking and progressive school put the timetable to the side for a week to investigate key contemporary issues. When YH dropped in, students were putting on a series of…

ESSEX County Council (ECC) is congratulating Early Years’ providers across the county on recent Ofsted results which show 97 per cent of pre-schools and nurseries were judged to be ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ – 2 per cent above the national average. The results, which were released…

FEES for Harlow library services including overdue book fines are set to change soon. The fees, which have stayed the same since 2009, are set to change after a recent review of comparable charges made by other local authorities. Book loans and computer use will…

SIR Charles Kao UTC celebrated International Women in Engineering Day on Friday 23rd June, with a day of practical activities to encourage more women to take up engineering careers. Alongside students from Burnt Mill Academy, Forest Hall School and Epping St John’s, a group of…

GCSE Drama students at Stewards Academy were treated to a performance ‘Behind Closed Doors’ by a previous Stewards student, Chris Richards, and his fellow peers from Hertford Regional College for a performance ‘Behind Closed Doors’. As part of their Higher National Diploma (HND) course the…