Education: Secondary
STEWARDS Academy’s Performing Arts department has been a hive of activity this term with rehearsals, events and trips. Kick-starting the term, in November, was “a strong and striking production of Macbeth” performed at The Spotlight in Hoddesdon, as part of the Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival.…
ST MARK’S West Essex Catholic School was pleased to welcome a visit from John and Rod O’Shea last week. John and Rod were both children of the children of Anthony O’ Shea, the founding Headteacher, who came to St Mark’s, when the school opened in…
A REGISTER to identify children who are not in school in England will be part of a bill introduced to Parliament on Tuesday reports the BBC. The Department for Education says knowledge of where children are will enable councils to ensure a high-quality education is…
JOBS: St Mark’s West Essex Catholic School : Religious Education. Full details below
THE Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) jointly hosted a ground-breaking Innovation Day with ECL (Essex Cares Limited) to support individuals with learning disabilities and/or autism on Wednesday 20 November. The event was for those who have expressed an interest in applying for roles at…
STEWARDS Academy had a day of fun and activity as we got involved in the Children in Need spirit!Students were able to make donations in exchange for wearing their own clothes for the day, and staff had the opportunity to be students for the day…
ST Mark’s Year 12 pupils attended the Nuclear Wild Forest in Kelvedon Hatch for a team building day towards the end of last half term. This was their final induction into the Sixth Form at St Mark’s, it was a great way to celebrate their…
STUDENTS at Epping St John’s School will be taking to the stage for two performances of their winter production.The school’s Drama Club is staging a re-visitation of the popular brothers Grimm’s fairy tales ‘Epping Forest Fables’. The siblings Hansel and Gretel find themselves abandoned in…
Dear Editor, AS a retired headteacher with over three decades of experience in school leadership and a current governor in three primary schools in Harlow, I have an invested interest in the success of our local schools and children. I have been following the progress…
HARLOW MP Chris Vince rose on the floor of the House of Commons to ask a question related to Sir Frederick Gibberd College. Mr Vince said: “Due to our dire economic inheritance, it is vital that every penny of public money is spent wisely. In…
APPLICATIONS can now be submitted for Epping St John’s School’s Sixth Form for next September. Head of Sixth Form and Deputy Head Teacher Flora Christofi said: “We are now inviting applications from students wishing to join our Sixth Form community where ambitious, motivated students thrive…
AS I left the Glass Box Theatre at Harlow College following a performance of ‘Innocence Undressed’, I was overwhelmed with a sense of guilt that I had enjoyed a piece that delved into and exposed the horror of cyber bullying and sexting, the scourge of…
GLACIAL Flyers, a group of students from Hitchin Boys’ School in Hitchin were crowned this year’s winners at the 2024 RTX Quadcopter Challenge Final on 3 December at RAF Cosford. Now in its ninth year, RTX’s Quadcopter Challenge is an annual competition bringing together innovative…
ST Mark’s students and staff visited Abbots Care Home this Advent, singing carols, serving drinks and chatting with the elderly. It was a joy to share the joy and peace of Christmas with their local community.
FRIENDS of Passmores Christmas Market. Full details below.
STEWARDS Academy has started the options process for our current Year 9 students this year. Selecting the right GCSE and/or vocational courses is an important step in the transition from KS3 to KS4 and we want to make sure the process is right for our…
