ON Wednesday 25th January, Mark Hall Academy welcomed a representative from David Wilson Homes to deliver an assembly for their Year 8 students. The housebuilder, responsible for the Sawbridge Park development in Sawbridgeworth, used the assembly to provide useful insight into how students can stay safe…

THE MUCH-loved and respected headteacher of St Mark’s West Essex Catholic School, Elaine Heaphy has announced her retirement. Parents and pupils were told on Thursday. The job advert was placed in the Times Education Supplement and on the school website. Elaine Heaphy came to the…

PUBLIC CONSULTATION EVENT – PROPOSED REPLACEMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL ONSITE OF BURNT MILL ACADEMY, FIRST AVENUE, HARLOW – Wednesday 8th February, 2023. I am writing to you to inform you of a public consultation event that will take place at Burnt Mill Academy, First Avenue, Harlow, Essex, CM20 2NR…

A BAN on cars momentarily stopping outside two Harlow schools during pick up and drop off is set to launch due to ‘inconsiderate’ drivers reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Essex County Council is set to introduce a Red Route prohibiting cars from stopping along Tracyes…

ADULT education provider ACL Essex, part of Essex County Council (ECC), is encouraging the people of Harlow to attend the Apprenticeship and Skills Fair at County Hall in Chelmsford on 7 February from 10am-3pm. To encourage people onto apprenticeships, and to mark National Apprenticeship Week…

MP Robert Halfon has praised The Beckmead Trust for the “wonderful improvements” it has made to a former failing school in Harlow. Mr Halfon saw first-hand the progress made when he visited students and staff at Beckmead Moundwood Academy to see the school’s transformation since…

IF you are Year 9 – 13, why not join St Mark’s on the March 4th as they travel to OVO Arena, Wembley for #Flame2023. There are a few spaces left. For more updates and info at Flames social media – Instagram and TikTok for…

HARLOW MP and Higher Education and Skills Minister Robert Halfon’s speech to University UK’s conference on degree apprenticeships Mr Halfon said: “It’s great to be speaking to you today at the first Universities UK apprenticeships conference. I’m disappointed to not be able to join the…

YOUNG adults from Harlow are being offered places to study at the country’s most prestigious universities. Sixth form students from Sir Frederick Gibberd College have applied to continue their studies at Russell Group Universities – seen as the best 24 education providers in the country.…

STRIKING Harlow teachers attended a number of rallies across the region. A number of teachers started the day demonstrating outside Burnt Mill Academy on First Avenue. After a number of hours many joined hundreds of their colleagues at a rally in the heart of Chelmsford.…

YOUNG performers have returned to the stage for the first time since before the pandemic. Mark Hall Academy, in Harlow, welcomed back a live audience to see students perform in their own version of Cinderella. The pantomime – delayed from last month due to snow…

TEACHERS in the NEU union are walking out in England. The union says more than 100,000 teachers could take part, affecting 23,000 out of around 26,000 schools. Schools across Harlow will be closed today. There is a picket line of twenty or more outside Burnt Mill…

THE upcoming strikes are a complex issue for all teachers including headteachers. To be honest, it is a disgrace that two other unions didn’t reach the recently imposed (2016) minimum response level and this leaves the members of the NEU standing up for many more…

IT IS another very entertaining and informative edition of Passmores News. Anchored by two excellent newsreaders in  Hannais and Savanna, their fifteen minute broadcast gives an overview of another busy month at the Tracyes Road school. We hear all about the school trip to Paris.…