Education: Secondary
A WEEK-long book fair at Cooks Spinney Primary Academy, in Cooks Spinney, Harlow, helped to develop pupils’ interest in books and reading for pleasure. Every day, teachers held reading sessions after school and gave children and their parents an opportunity to visit the fair to…
THE works of Shakespeare were brought to life during a school festival. Students from Burnt Mill Academy, in First Avenue, Harlow, took part in the Shakespeare for Schools Festival at the Playhouse and took the challenge to turn a piece of work into a 30-minute…
THE magic of Disney will help get a school community in the Christmas spirit. A team of 150 talented students at Burnt Mill Academy, in First Avenue, Harlow, are practising their lines and dance moves ahead of the Celebration of Disney production. The show will…
Nicole Barr hit the headlines recently with a mark of 162 in a test set by high IQ society Mensa – two points higher than the famous geniuses. The score puts her in the top one per cent of intelligent people in the world. Nicole,…
STEWARDS Academy was thrilled to accept the honour of being the only secondary school invited to present at the prestigious biennial Headteachers’ Conference in London for Place2Be, a children’s mental health charity. HRH The Duchess of Cambridge is the Patron of this charity and her…
OFSTED Annual Report reveals thousands more Essex pupils now attend good or outstanding schools Essex County Council is congratulating Essex schools after Ofsted’s Annual Report showed more than 18,000 extra pupils are attending good or outstanding schools than last year. According to today’s report, which…
HUNDREDS of parents have already signed their support for a new free school and sixth form for Harlow. The Burnt Mill Co-operative Academy Trust has been gathering signatures from parents of children in current Years 3, 4, 9 and 10 to test the water to…
150 school children from across West Essex attended a one day careers convention at Passmores Academy to learn about and experience the various career opportunities associated with building and construction. The event was organised by Passmores Academy and Places for People, the developer behind the…
ESSEX pupils competed against one another in a series of tests at Raytheon UK’s first Quadcopter Challenge finale. Pupils from Harlow’s Stewards Academy fought off stiff competition from other Essex schools Burnt Mill Academy, Boswells School and Tabor Academy to win the title after picking…
A BRAND new uniform has been unveiled at Cooks Spinney Primary Academy. The school, in Cooks Spinney, Harlow, is going through a rebrand with a new logo and a tweaked name from School to Academy to reflect the journey it is on with the Burnt…
THE outstanding educational progress and contribution of 30 young people was recognised at the annual Harlow Educational Progress Awards held last night (24 November 2015). The awards, organised by Harlow Council and the Harlow Strategic Educational Attainment Partnership, reward and recognise young people who have…
Report by Stewards Academy STEWARDS Academy hosted its first Finnish exchange with our partner school from Helsinki Finland, Puistola School between Monday 21st and Friday 25th September. The Finnish children were hosted by 12 Stewards children in Years 9 and 10. All the children involved…
TO support their A Level History studies, Year 13 pupils from St Mark’s West Essex Catholic School recently visited Krakow, in Poland. Their three day tour of the city enabled them to learn about the local history and culture. The most memorable part of their…
BBC Essex Radio Julia Salisbury JOURNALISM students from Harlow College were given a VIP tour of BBC Essex’s radio station in Chemlsford last Wednesday afternoon. The students, who are currently completing their NCTJ Diploma at the college, were guided round the studios and newsroom by…
BULLIES don’t stand a chance at one Harlow primary with a team of ambassadors on the case. Anti-bullying week at Freshwaters Primary Academy, in School Lane, saw pupils from each year group recruited as anti-bullying ambassadors. The themed week started with an assembly where pupils…
Kiddi Caru Harlow Supports Children in Need The children and staff from Kiddi Caru’s Harlow day nursery worked together to raise over £100 for Children in Need recently, transforming themselves into superheroes for this super cause. The children dressed as their favourite superhero for the…
