Musical students are getting a unique lesson from the best musicians in the world. A GROUP of 35 students from Burnt Mill Academy, in Harlow, and 48 students from Epping St John’s Church of England School, in Epping, together took the trip to Royal Festival…

District Champions! WELL done to St Mark’s year 8/9 girls Basketball team for winning the district tournament at Stewards School on Tuesday 4th February 2020. In the final game of the tournament St Mark’s went on to gain victory over Passmores Academy. The final score…

London Stansted celebrates ‘Women and Girls in Science’ day with special STEM event for Harlow students A GROUP of young women from Harlow got a unique opportunity to meet with female engineers, pilots and other staff at London Stansted, at an event to mark United…

Brilliant Burnt Mill Academy teenagers have graduated from a Cambridge University project. A GROUP of 12 Year 9 students from Burnt Mill Academy, in Harlow, were selected to take part in the Brilliant Club. The university access charity’s mission is to increase the number of…

Pear Tree Mead Academy wins award for young carer support HARLOW school, Pear Tree Mead Academy has been given a Bronze award for their work to make sure students don’t miss out on an education because they are young carers. The Young Carers in Schools…

Visitors to a primary school in Harlow are being greeted by polite, knowledgeable and attentive ambassadors. FRESHWATERS Primary Academy has appointed classroom ambassadors to welcome guests into their classrooms and make them feel welcome and informed. Headteacher Jackie Diggle said: “We visited an Outstanding primary…

Passmores Academy achieves anti-bullying award 7 years in a row IN recognition of its commitment to tackle and prevent bullying in school, Passmores has achieved the BIG Award (Bullying Intervention Group) for the SEVENTH consecutive year. This is a national award for excellence in bullying…

RECORD number of Stewards Academy pupils graduate from Scholars Programme at Trinity College, Cambridge University. Twenty-one students from Stewards Academy graduated from the Scholars Programme last Wednesday at Trinity College, Cambridge University. The students from Years 9-11 attended Goldsmiths University in October 2019 for a…

The future is safe in the hands of a team of young eco warriors. EVERY class at Freshwaters Primary Academy, in Harlow, has appointed an eco rep to take responsibility for keeping the school as environmentally friendly as possible. They ensure lights are switched off…

Our ‘High Flyers Ambassadors’! CONGRATULATIONS to St Mark’s students Michael and Abdullah who have been offered a place as ‘High Flyers Ambassadors’ for aerospace engineering at Stansted Airport. As the UK has the second largest aerospace industry in the world, highly skilled aerospace engineers are…

HARE STREET PRIMARY ACHIEVES OUTSTANDING OFSTED HARLOW school, Hare Street Primary, has become the first school in Essex to be rated Outstanding in every category by Ofsted under the new inspection framework which was introduced last year. Located in the heart of the community, Hare…

ST MARK’S West Essex Catholic School’s Year 9 rugby team powered their way to the final of the Essex Rugby Cup Final. The team have put in a number of outstanding performances especially in the quarter finals where they beat Harris Academy 67-7 and St…

‘An Inspector Calls’ at Passmores… PASSMORES students delivered a gripping performance of J.B. Priestley’s classic thriller, An Inspector Calls in the latest of the school’s illustrious productions. Directed and produced by the English Department, the show was four months in the making and featured a…

THE popularity of Harlow’s senior schools has been underlined by the number that are over-subscribed in Year 7. Whilst close to thirty other schools across Essex have failed to fill their Year 7, Harlow’s senior schools have no such problem. Stewards Academy offered 210 places…