SCHOOLS watchdog Ofsted has said it will make changes after the suicide of headteacher Ruth Perry in January reports the BBC. Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman said Ofsted was piloting changes to its complaints system, but added the single overall grade for schools would stay.  Ms…

A SCHOOL community will be supported through the cost-of-living crisis thanks to the launch of an eco-farm. Sixth form students at Epping St John’s Church of England School, in Epping, are creating a green eco-farm on the school grounds. Working with eco club members, the…

MORE than 120 new members have joined a community gym since £120,000 of improvements were carried out. The gym at Mark Hall Sports Centre, in Harlow, has undergone a complete overhaul, including new flooring, new mirrors, LED lighting, electrical repairs and decorating. Equipment has also…

THE NSPCC can today reveal new data from a joint UK wide survey of 8,329 teachers, with the teaching union NASUWT, which highlights the essential role that schools play in safeguarding children and the concerning landscape of abuse and neglect. More than 400 teachers were…

STEWARDS Academy’s Phoenix Pathway pupils have experienced brilliant opportunities during March. The Year 11 group were invited to Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. Pupils were spoken to about university life, given a tour of the campus, and participated in activities. Head Girl, Leslie, said: “Going…

ADULT education provider ACL Essex, part of Essex County Council (ECC), has joined Multiply in Essex, a new programme run by ECC to boost maths skills of Essex residents. Courses begin 17 April 2023.  Multiply in Essex aims to show how maths applies to everyday…

A NEW briefing note from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has calculated that between 2009-10 and 2019-20 school spending per pupil in England fell by 9% in real-terms reports LocalGov. Last year the Government allocated extra funding to schools and explicitly stated that this would restore…

ADULT education provider ACL Essex, part of Essex County Council (ECC), has opened a new Skills Hub in Harlow to encourage learners to take advantage of the different ways to learn that work around them. To showcase the new Skills Hub, an open day will…

ONE OF our favourite regular news items is Passmores News. It is a great video magazine from the academy, that lets you now what is happening in the school. This month the presenters are Ella and Joel. The news items are: Good Eco News with…

TEACHERS in England will strike on Thursday 27 April and Tuesday 2 May after members of the UK’s largest education union overwhelmingly rejected a pay offer reports the BBC. The National Education Union described the offer as “insulting” and has “united the profession in its…

ON the 2nd of April 1953 Sir Philip Hendy (Knight Bachelor, Director of the National Gallery), Frederick Gibberd (Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Member of the Town Planning Institute, Planner the Harlow Development Corporation), William Eric Adam (M.B.E, General Manager of the…

THE Government has announced a further £1.7 million investment to upgrade Harlow College’s campus, on top of the nearly £20 million that has been secured to transform the campus in recent years. Since 2010, Government investment has transformed the college campus into one of the…

STEWARDS Academy was awash with colour at their Cultural Celebration Event. The event included dance, song and storytelling to celebrate the global village that Stewards Academy has become. Last year’s census showed that nearly 1 in 5 Harlow residents are non-UK born and many more…

FIFTY mathematicians in Year 9 and 10 at Burnt Mill Academy, in Harlow, took part in the UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge. The students were among 700,000 to take part in the national competition which encourages mathematical reasoning, precision of thought and fluency in basic mathematical…