FRIDAY morning pretty much saw every weather type possible! The morning blizzard welcomed the bravest Year 3 and 4 Tag-Rugby attendees, whose school staff were asking themselves if it was such a great idea to take part. A few teams dropped out before the…

AFTER the devastating effects of the Turkey-Syria earthquake, members of the Stewards Academy community organised a bake sale to help raise funds for the disaster appeal. The event was organised by Ms Stylianou, Subject Leader for Technology and one of the EMPV staff members, and…

IT seemed very appropriate that a Harlow woman launched her new business on International Women’s Day. Many MAY know Clare Bull as chair of governors at Hare Street Primary and a Trustee at Passmores Academy. Clare has latched CLARE-VER EDUCATION. She describes it as a…

BMAT STEM Academy has been declared a Good school after its first Ofsted inspection. The unique business-focussed school which has a focus on science, technology, engineering and maths, scored Good in all areas – the quality of education; behaviour and attitudes; personal development; leadership and…

HARLOW businesswoman Dani Donovan has made it through to the final five of BBC One’s The Apprentice. But it was touch and go as Dani, who owns a beauty salon in Sawbridgeworth called Mermane, found herself in the losers group for the second week in…

FUNDED training available for new starters and existing professionals within the Health & Social Care sector. Adult learning provider, ACL Essex, has been awarded additional funds that extend the delivery of The Nightingale Care Bursary across Essex until the end of 2025. The bursary aims…

PEOPLE across the country are set to benefit from a complete overhaul of student finance, helping them get flexible loan funding to train, retrain and upskill throughout their working lives.  The Lifelong Loan Entitlement (LLE) will empower more people to study in a way that…

MASSIVE plans to demolish and re-develop Burnt Mill Academy school have been submitted to Harlow Council. The reports proposes: Demolition of the existing school buildings and sports facilities and erection of a replacement school and sports facilities with associated access, parking and landscaping. The proposed…

FIGURES released to YH reveal the breakdown for school places in Harlow. Passmores Academy had the most first preferences (234) followed by the increasingly popular Sir Frederick Gibberd College (208). The breakdown is as follows Burnt Mill Academy 531 put the school down as a…

ADOPTION UK welcomes many of the government proposals, which were announced yesterday, to improve the way children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) are supported in schools in England. However the organisation warns that the plan lacks urgency and misses opportunities to improve support…

RESIDENTS aged 19 and over can find out more about the free maths courses on offer across the county during a special Multiply in Essex event at Harlow’s Water Gardens Shopping Centre, on Friday 3 March between 10am and 4pm. Multiply in Essex is a…

PARENTS are helping a family of schools to shape the education children with special educational needs and disabilities receive. A forum has been set up for parents in Harlow, Epping and Stansted in Essex and Newham in London who are keen to have an input…

BSL Introduction Course at Passmores Academy. Full details below.

OVER four fifths (81%) in the East of England want senior tech managers to be appointed and held legally responsible for stopping children being harmed by social media, new polling reveals. The survey by YouGov also found that 67% of those with an opinion in…