STEWARDS Academy drew an enthusiastic audience to support their third Cultural Fashion Event. All of the 180 pupils involved were members of the longstanding and award-winning Ethnic Minority Pupil Voice group (EMPV). Organiser Eman Mohamed along with the Heads of EMPV Adam Fleming and Tania…

Stewards Academy: Speak Out Challenge ETHAN Baldry represented Stewards Academy at the Jack Petchey ‘Speak Out Challenge’ regional final at Passmores Academy on Wednesday 10th May. He was selected after his successful participation in a workshop designed to improve confidence in public speaking and his…

STEWARDS Academy is very proud of year 9 pupil Libby Morland-Banks for her latest selfless act for a good cause. She was a recipient of the Jack Petchey award last year when she cut off 17cm of her hair for the Little Princess Trust. This…

POPULAR beat combo Kasabian played Burnt Mill Academy. The groovy hipsters played all their hits as part of the Christian O’Connell show on Absolute Radio. Staff and students loved it. Later on the DJ opened a new music room at the First Avenue school.

THE headteacher at Katherines Primary school is set to step down. YH understands that parents, guardians, staff and students received the news in a letter on Tuesday. Ms Katherine Ryan has been the head for a number of years, however the school was hit hard…

PASSMORES Academy was given the honour of hosting the West Essex final of the Jack Petchey ‘Speak Out!’ Challenge last Wednesday evening, when fourteen Year 10 students from a range of schools across the area took part in this prestigious event. At the start of the…

PLANNED Tory cuts to the education budget will slash £5.5 million from Harlow’s schools budgets and see 150 teachers lose their jobs Schools in England are facing the most significant financial pressures since the mid 1990s under the Conservative government with school leaders having to…

STEWARDS Academy was delighted to host a visit by twenty seven year old Javed Moore into year 7 and 9 assemblies this week. The visit was organised by science teacher Eman Mohamed as part of the Stewards Enrichment week focus on Disability. Javed is a…

LONDON Stansted and Harlow College have submitted a planning application to build a new technical skills college at the airport – the first of its kind at any airport in the country.   If the application is successful, building work is expected to start this…

KASABIAN will play at Burnt Mill Academy after the school won a competition on Absolute Radio. The band, known for hits such as Fire and Underdog, will perform live in the school hall as part of the show’s broadcast with DJ Christian O’Connell. Here's our…

A HARLOW nursery has been rated as Outstanding by Ofsted. Raindrops Nursery based at the Meadows Childrens Centre in Harberts Road was inspected in March. The report states: The provider and managers have a clear and uncompromising vision for the nursery. They communicate this extremely…

ON Thursday evening, this reporter had the pleasure of attending the Stewards Academy Prizegiving ceremony. One of the (many) highlights was the 28th and final speech by the headteacher, Rhonda Murthar. We have been given permission to reprint it in full. Good Evening Ladies and…

STEWARDS Academy has received a glowing report from government watchdog Ofsted. Ofsted inspected the school on March 8th. The inspectors said: This school continues to be good. The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Visitors…

STEWARDS Academy rocked to the rhythm of the ‘Legally Blonde’ production for five performances this week. Pupils from local primary schools attended the show on two consecutive afternoons, as did the public who came along on three evenings to watch the journey of a young…