CHILDREN’S voices from Harlow’s Latton Green Primary School rang out at London’s 02 Arena last night (19th January) as part of a performance by the world’s largest children’s choir. The Young Voices singing spectacular, which is celebrating 20 years of shows, involved some 7, 495…

PUPILS at St Mark’s West Essex Catholic School took part in a special STEM ( Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) activity day this week sponsored by the Engineering Development Trust. It was a hands-on day designed to excite and enlighten students on how STEM is fun,…

ESSEX County Council has issued a response to an Ofsted report that rated Katherines Primary school’s safeguarding measures as “Inadequate”. An Essex County Council spokesman said: “Clearly we, like staff and governors at Katherine’s Primary School, are disappointed with elements of the report and the…

LAST term, students in the Sixth Form completed their UCAS applications. St Marks are pleased to record their congratulations to those who have received offers. In particular, congratulations go to Elvis Anoma-Amoabeng, who has received an unconditional offer to read for a BA in Economics…

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STEWARDS Academy was delighted to have been named as a finalist in the National Place2Be Well-being in Schools Awards, in the School Community Section. They were also very proud of former Longwood pupil Cerys Kenny who is now a student at Stewards. Cerys, was entered…

STUDENTS from Sir Charles Kao UTC have been inspired by a visit to CERN, home of the Large Hadron Collider. During the visit on 1st December 2016, the students discovered how CERN is helping to answer some of the most fundamental questions; how did the…

LONGWOOD Primary Academy has started their multi-million-pound extension works. They will have four new modern classrooms, reprographics room and library ready for their new intake in September 2017. Since the school became an academy in January 2015 it has gone from strength to strength, with…

On Monday 19th December, Purford Green Primary School received a trophy from Essex libraries for their commitment to the Summer Reading Challenge It received the Best School In Harlow Award because the school worked closely with Tye Green Library to encourage the whole school to…

PASSMORES students took a trip to the Leah Manning Centre to spread some festive cheer. The Citizenship students have been busy over the last few months. Tey started researching about older people’s opinions towards teenagers by interviewing people at Bush Fair. Using their findings the…

ACCORDING to the new government guidelines, every single primary school in Harlow, bar six, has under-performed in the most recent rounds of SATS exams. Schools are considered under-performing if fewer than 65 per cent of pupils fail to reach the expected standard in reading, writing…

THERE was a delicious celebration cake greeting children and staff at the Kiddi Caru day nursery in Harlow recently, when they marked the nursery’s 12th anniversary with a unique Christmas cake and birthday cake rolled into one. The cake was made by Natalie Wright, the…

IT WAS a Christmas carol concert with a difference at Cooks Spinney. Pupils and staff held their carol concert outside in the playground of the popular school. Over a hundred parents turned up to hear pupils sing carols and recite poems. There was also reindeer…

STEWARDS Academy recently passed through the final assessment for the ROQA (Recognition of Quality Award) in Careers and Work Related Learning and on 29th November received official recognition at the Awards Event at County Hall Chelmsford.   To achieve the Award, a comprehensive portfolio of…