HARLOW MP Robert Halfon has called for the management of troubled Mark Hall Academy to be taken away from the present owners following an Ofsted report that rated the school as “Inadequate”. AS YH has previously reported, the Regional Schools Commissioner (RSC) has written to…

CHILDREN from five primary schools competed against each other in their first virtual sports day. With the majority of pupils continuing to learn from home due to the Coronavirus crisis, the primary schools within BMAT launched a replacement for the traditional sports day. The BMAT…

THE TRUST that runs Mark Hall Academy has been warned that it may have its funding terminated. Last month, YH reported that the school has been rated “Inadequate” following an Ofsted inspection. The reported cited: • Safeguarding procedures are not good enough to keep pupils…

Drumroll please… Excited children are discovering their new teachers for September through a series of big reveal videos. WHILE ongoing Coronavirus restrictions prevent many pupils from going into school, teachers at Little Parndon Primary Academy, in Harlow, have recorded videos to introduce themselves to their…

LIKE every school in the land, this has been a tough year for Passmores Academy. However, they have faced it with a remarkable resolve. Trouble is, when we visit them in September, we are half expecting them to break into one great dance routine. So…

AS the academic year of 2019-20 closes, we have been interviewing a number of the town’s headteachers, in order to look back on the past four months and see what plans they have for September and beyond. This week, we went to Stewards Academy to…

A VILLAGE school headteacher is saying an emotional farewell to the community he loves. Michael Clark leaves his role as headteacher at Roydon Primary Academy, in Roydon, this summer after four years at the helm. He takes up post as deputy head of primary at…

THESE pupils will probably never forget their final year at primary school. It was all going swimmingly until March and then Covid-19 arrived. Below is photo of some of the Year 6 pupils at Cooks Spinney with their teacher, Miss Dackombe. If you have any…

THE Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAHT) in Harlow continues to work with Anglia Ruskin University to recruit onto the apprenticeship degree nurse training scheme. They are the first hospital in Essex to have adopted the training programme. This four year scheme is a fantastic opportunity whereby…

School councillors have not let lockdown get in the way of their mission. THE school council at Sir Frederick Gibberd College, in Harlow, met online for their final meeting of the school year. The Gibberd Council has put together an action plan for September, listing…

SAVE OUR LIBRARIES ESSEX (SOLE) is demanding that a good stock of printed books are available in library services. SOLE believes these are essential for a library service, and that the inevitable increase in digital use during lockdown, because digital was all that was available,…

A SCHOOL’S care for its children during the Coronavirus crisis has earned it an award. Sir Frederick Gibberd College, in Harlow, has been given the Safeguarding Initiative Award, recognising schools which have demonstrated exceptional safeguarding during the crisis. The school submitted evidence to show how…

THIS IS the last week for the Year 6 of Cooks Spinney Primary Academy. They may well never forget the last year. In twenty years, time, they may well describe 2020 to their own children as “challenging” or “different”. The school have put this lovely…

Weekly sporting challenges throughout lockdown have earned a primary school national recognition. PUPILS at Roydon Primary Academy, in Roydon, have continued to take part in PE sessions, despite the Coronavirus crisis seeing the majority learning from home. Since March, pupils have been set weekly challenges…