Education: Secondary
CHILDREN and parents face more disruption as teachers in England prepare to go on strike again. Members of the National Education Union (NEU) in schools in England have already held three regional and five national strike days since February. The most recent one, on 2…
COME and support Stewards Academy’s amazing performers and crew for Oliver JR! Wed 5th-Fri 7th July. Doors @ 6:15pm, 6:30pm start. Tickets can be purchased on the door or via Parentpay. £5 Adults £3 Concessions. They hope to see you there!
A HARLOW College catering student has finished top in the first Unox UK Combi-Guru challenge following months of hard work and an intensive three-day final challenge in Padova. 25-year-old Harlow College final year student, Keiran Raphy (main image), and 18-year-old Catherine Ripley, in her second…
A NUMBER of Mark Hall Academy teachers were acknowledged on National Thank a Teacher Day. The special event was held as part of the Pearson National Teaching Awards. Pearson representative,Jon Wolton attended the event to make a special presentation to Special Educational Needs Co-Ordinator (SENCO),…
ESSEX Library Service has a fantastic new challenge for pre-schoolers happening this summer. Ready… Steady… Go To School is a fun challenge full of activities which will help your child to practice skills that they’ll need to help them feel confident and be ready to…
EVERY state secondary school in Harlow now has access to life-saving equipment with the introduction of defibrillators. The news was announced by the Government after last July saw the Department for Education (DfE) promise the device would be fitted in every state school in England…
CHILDREN and young people aged 5-17 are struggling to make friends because they lack self-confidence in speaking to other children, a new survey shows. Nearly a third of parents/grandparents surveyed in the East of England (32%)1 say their children and grandchildren are struggling to make friends…
FRIENDS of Passmores Summer Fete. Time and date below. The location is Passmores Academy at Tracyes Road, Harlow.
THE SHADOW Secretary of State for education, Bridget Phillipson visited Passmores Academy on Tuesday morning. The MP was shown around the school by chief executive of the Passmores Learning Community, Vic Goddard. She then spoke to a variety of pupils including a session with many…
OVER 60 incredible young people from schools and colleges in Harlow received their prestigious Jack Petchey Foundation Achievement Awards presented at a live event at Harlow Playhouse. The live event celebrated Achievement Award winners aged 11-25 from Harlow for their contributions to their school/college community, where…
IT HAS been another very busy month for Passmores Academy. Firstly, we say farewell to presenters Maria and Logan however, we may well see more of them as they go on to sixth form. Logan has also just been appointed Media Manager at Harlow Town…
ADULT education provider ACL Essex, part of Essex County Council (ECC), has launched a new strategic plan, outlining their continued commitment and focus to providing a high-quality learning offer that makes a positive difference to the lives of residents and businesses of Essex. By 2025…
HARLOW college theatre students are set to perform Calendar Girls The Musical. The show by Tim Firth and Gary Barlow follows the lives of a group of ordinary women in a small Yorkshire Women’s Institute as they do an extraordinary thing after the death of…
BURNT Mill Academy has been graded Good by Ofsted following the first full inspection of the school in over a decade. Under new inspection framework, Burnt Mill matches a national trend where 60% of schools previously graded Outstanding have been downgraded (Source BBC News). All…
HARLOW MP, Robert Halfon, has welcomed planning consent for a multi-million pound project to rebuild Burnt Mill Academy. The First Avenue-based school is currently located in 1960s facilities and is in urgent need of rebuilding. Following lobbying from Mr Halfon in Parliament, the Government confirmed…
