Education: Secondary
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…
CHLOE Colton and Kieron Dyer took to the stage in front of a packed house to mark the start of the annual Battle Of The Bands competition. With the microphones checked, the lights on and the room full of anticipation, they introduced the first band.…
STEWARDS Academy welcomed a Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge facilitator to work with Year 10 students recently. Pupils participated in an all-day workshop and shared their speeches at the end. They found it a thoroughly engaging experience. Pupil comments: ‘An amazing experience, I learnt how…
STOPPING or preventing school inspections in England would be against “children’s best interests”, the chief inspector of Ofsted has said reports the BBC. Amanda Spielman said they played an important role for schools and parents. Unions have called for them to be paused, after head…
HARLOW MP and Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education, Robert Halfon delivered a speech to the Holex Spring Network Event. Mr Halfon said: Hello everyone. I’m sorry that I can’t be with you today as planned, as I’m in Parliament for the Lifelong Loan…
English Schools’ Cross Country Championships WOLLATON Park, Nottingham, was the venue for the English Schools’ Cup Cross Country event. Harlow AC member, and St Mark’s pupil, George Watkins was selected in the Junior Boys’ team. Junior Boys’ brings together school years eight and nine, so…
REPRESENTATIVES from Jacobs joined students at Mark Hall Academy in Harlow last week for a special skills event to coincide with International Women’s Day. Showcasing the different types of careers at Jacobs across various Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths (STEAM) subjects, year 9 students…
THE GOOD news is that Harlow’s Dani Donovan has reached the final five of BBC’s The Apprentice. The bad news is that she must now face an interrogation from the judges. Business bosses Linda Plant, Claude Littner and Mike Soutar take a long hard look…
Saturday 18th March – 10am – Midday ST NICHOLAS Independent School in Old Harlow warmly invites you to learn more about life at their wonderful school and the value of a Saint Nicholas education at their Open Morning on Saturday 18th March. Please do not…
TO mark National Careers Week (6-12 March 2023), adult education provider ACL Essex, part of Essex County Council (ECC), is highlighting the career support on offer for people of Harlow. The adult learning provider offers a range of courses, qualifications, apprenticeships and support to help…
ESSEX County Council is funding 50 new places at Harlow College, giving local people the chance to develop professional green skills qualifications in electric vehicle repair and maintenance, in new facilities located within the college campus. Investment for the 50 new training places is being…
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…
