Stansted Airport College launches first Student Celebration Awards STANSTED Airport College held its first Student Celebration Awards on Wed 3 July, to recognise the outstanding achievements of its first intake of trainees since the College opened its doors in September 2018. The College is a…

LAURA McAlpine Labour Parliamentary candidate for Harlow, commenting on a speech on the importance of lifelong learning made by the Conservative MP for Harlow Robert Halfon, who is also Chair of the Education Select Committee to the Centre for Social Justice on 10 July 2019…

The importance of spelling was highlighted at Cooks Spinney Primary Academy with all students taking part in the annual Spelling Bee. Older children in Key Stage 2 took part in class elimination rounds before the winners went head to head on stage during a finals…

A TROUBLED academy trust in Harlow has been warned it could be stripped of one of its academies after it went into special measures reports the Times Education Supplement (TES). TBAP, which runs 11 alternative provision academies, was last year issued with a Department for…

Mark Hall Academy Tread the Boards One Last Time THE theatre at Mark Hall Academy vibrated on July 4th and 5th with enthusiasm and pride as parents, friends and community members were entertained by the musical ‘Little Shop of Horrors.’ This performance was even more…

Young Chefs serve up a tasty treat THE latest crop of budding Jamie Olivers to graduate from Harlow College’s Young Chef’s Academy held their celebratory dinner at Down Hall, Hatfield Heath, on Wednesday 12th June 2019. Guests arriving were treated to a canapé reception and…

MENTION Minecraft and you’re halfway there to capturing children’s attention. Performing humorous poems about a granny’s trials and tribulations learning the popular computer game and children are learning about literacy without realising it. That was the mission of children’s author Terry Willis when she visited…

EARLIER in the year, the Henry Moore primary school council became involved in the Harlow Council initiative of ‘Keep Harlow Tidy’. The council won an award of £100 for litter picking around Church Langley. They then invested in their own litter pickers to pick up…

POOR access to lifelong learning is a glaring social injustice trapping millions of workers in low paid employment and threatening to put them on the jobs scrapheap in a fast changing labour market, said Robert Halfon, MP for Harlow and Chair of the Education Select…

A SCHOOL’S efforts to raise awareness of men’s health issues has earned it national recognition. The community at Burnt Mill Academy, in Harlow, has been named as one of the top 50 UK supporters of Movember. The Movember Foundation is on a mission to stop…

Record number of Essex primary school pupils compete in Summer Sports Events! A RECORD number of over 600 pupils from 55 Essex primary schools have competed in the Active Essex Summer School Games. The games, which took place at the Basildon Sporting Village, saw parents…

STAFF, students and parents at Roydon Primary Academy love their “Daily Mile”. There is a special course marked out in the playground which, if you go round fourteen times, means you have done your mile for the day. YH went down to the school to…

MARK Hall teachers Rob Green, Eve Whittington, Mark Kimberly and John McHugh aim to cycle from London to Paris, self organised and unsupported, to raise money for a new school minibus. The four Mark Hall Academy staff members will embark on this adventure on July…

Caring students are giving their peers the opportunity to discuss any problems in a relaxed and informal environment. STUDENT leaders at Epping St John’s Church of England School, in Epping, wanted to offer support to those who may be struggling with any aspect of life.…