Education: Secondary
AT Stewards Academy, the familiar, albeit quietened, buzz of excitement filled the school hall once again as pupils gathered to receive their GCSE results. Whilst this year, the pupils arrived in their smaller ‘pods’ at different times, there were still smiles aplenty, with fewer hugs…
PASSMORES Academy recognises that the young people in year 11 have had the most difficult of times over the last few months with regard to their futures and the impact of having sat no exams. They have really missed out on some of the life…
THE strong work ethic of teenagers in Harlow has been praised today as they receive their GCSE results. Schools were forced to close to the majority of students in March due to the Coronavirus outbreak. For GCSE students, it meant the summer exams they had…
ROBERT Halfon MP has congratulated pupils in Harlow and the villages receiving their GCSE results today, adding that he is pressing the Government to get BTEC results out to pupils urgently. He has also expressed his thanks to teachers and support staff for all their…
THE first ever cohort of students at a specialist STEM school have today collected their GCSE results. Schools were forced to close to the majority of students in March due to the Coronavirus outbreak. For GCSE students, it meant the summer exams they had been…
AS the 2020 summer exam season was cancelled, this year’s Year 11 cohort have been awarded grades by the exam boards, based on information supplied by the schools. The previous years, to generate each individual pupil’s final grades. None of the usual benchmark data or…
TEENAGERS have today been praised for their strength, resilience and maturity as they collect their GCSE results. Schools were forced to close to the majority of students in March due to the Coronavirus outbreak. For GCSE students, it meant the summer exams they had been…
PUPILS across Essex will receive their GCSE results today (Thursday 20 August), following a period of unusual circumstances brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and weeks of uncertainty around how GCSE grades would be determined this year. The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual)…
NEARLY half a million UK pupils face a fresh round of results chaos after exam board Pearson pulled its BTec results on the eve of releasing them. Pearson said it would be re-grading all its BTecs to bring them in line with A-levels and GCSEs,…
HARLOW Labour question level of scrutiny provided by Robert Halfon as Chair of the Education Select Committee in the wake of A Level and GCSE results chaos Harlow Labour have sent a letter to Robert Halfon MP asking six key questions with regards to the…
AN ON-LINE book of remembrance has been opened for a William Martin teacher who passed away last week. Allison Hazel was a very popular class teacher at the Tawneys Road school. A warm, kind and poignant message has been left by the school. Amongst the…
HARLOW A-level student, Charlotte Brough is going to Cambridge University to study History and Russian. However, the Harlow College student was among tens of thousands of students caught up in the A-level fiasco over the past few days. On Thursday, Charlotte was awarded an A*,…
“Major questions need to be answered” – Harlow Labour welcome government U-turn on A level and GCSE downgrades but demand urgent review HARLOW Labour have welcomed the government’s announcement that they are to reverse the downgrading of A Level and GCSE results. However they have…
A-LEVEL and GCSE students downgraded by examiners in England will be given the grade predicted for them by their teacher, the exam regulator as confirmed. The major u-turn comes after days of heartache for pupils, many of whom feel that they’ve been cheated by an…
AS the controversy continues regarding A Level results, we now face uncertainty regarding GCSE results this Thursday. Harlow has five schools with hundreds of pupils awaiting their fate. YH went down to Passmores Academy on Monday lunchtime to speak to Vic Goddard, the chief executive…
A TEACHER from Harlow and local councillor has described the chaos surrounding A Level results as a “scandal” for Harlow students. Chris Vince is a mathematician and has been involved in exam analysis for many years. YH spoke to him to explain why there is…
