SCHOOLCHILDREN across the county took part in the fight against hate crime by designing posters to raise awareness about the offences. Before schools broke up for Christmas, Chief Inspector Natalia Ross, District Commander for Harlow, visited Fawbert & Barnard’s Primary School on London Road to…

BRILLIANT teenagers from Harlow have been inspired to strive for further education after taking part in a project with Cambridge University. A group of 12 Year 9 students from Burnt Mill Academy, in Harlow, were selected to take part in the prestigious university’s Brilliant Club,…

Dedicated youth team working with colleges and volunteers across Essex to create safer communities COLLEGES are teaming up with a dedicated team of youth workers to improve community safety and reduce the risk that young people may be drawn into a life of crime. Essex…

AN INSPECTION of a Church Langley pre-school has described the behaviour of the students as “Outstanding”. Ofsted visited the Noah’s Ark Pre-School and Langley Rangers Activity Club and on December 6th, 2019. The pre-school is based at the Church Langley Community Centre. The report states:…

Attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers bigger than previously thought THE gap in GCSE attainment between disadvantaged pupils and their peers is bigger once pupils leaving the rolls of mainstream schools are taken into account, new research shows. Less than half of disadvantaged…

A HARLOW nursery has been graded ‘Outstanding” after a recent inspection by Ofsted. Rum Tum Tuggers Nursery is located in the grounds of Latton Green Primary School, on Riddings Lane off Commonside Road. It was inspected in November 2019. The report states: Babies and children…

Project to turn all schoolchildren into lifesavers Initiative to teach all Year 10 pupils CPR launches at Anglia Ruskin University AN initiative to teach CPR to all Year 10 school pupils in Essex was launched at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) last night with the support…

EDUCATION inspectors have returned to a troubled school in Harlow that was subject a BBC Panorama special investigation. Earlier this year, Aspire AP Academy, on Commonside Road in Harlow had been rated inadequate across the board after an inspection. Issues included poorly maintained child protection…

THE Harlow Harrier, founded in September 2010, is celebrating its first printed issue after kind donations from Barratt Homes. After the Harlow Star closed earlier this year, Harlow residents were left without a printed news source. Until now, the news source was solely distributed online…

KALEIDOSCOPE is coming to Harlow Playhouse on 5th Feb, it’s a brand new piece of theatre for babies aged 6-18 months inspired by research into how a baby’s sense of sight develops and how they instinctively begin to categorise colour. Filskit Theatre will be using…

“SIGNIFICANT weaknesses” in special educational needs and disability (Send) services have created “inequality and inconsistency” across Essex, according to an inspection report. In some areas children were waiting up to two years for autism assessments, the joint CQC and Ofsted report found. Essex County Council…

By The Gibberd Gallery Staff WE had some wonderful responses from the public to our 2019 exhibitions; The Open Open, ‘Sculptural Citizens: Henry Moore’s Harlow Family Group’ which charted the history and local significance of one of our best loved Harlow sculptures, and Camille Yvert’s…