Young people are focusing on their futures with a wealth of careers guidance at school. BURNT Mill Academy is working with students in every year group to establish a pathway for them to follow to a successful future. Local and national company representatives are helping…

DEDICATED to Her Majesty The Queen, Head of The Commonwealth, Believe is an inspirational song, which has been composed by Commonwealth Youth Orchestra and Choir’s (CYO) Commonwealth Composer-in-Residence, Simon Haw MBE, to mark the 70th Anniversary of the establishment of The Commonwealth on 28 April…

Children stepped into a fairytale world for their school topic. NURSERY and Reception children at Cooks Spinney Primary Academy attended a teddy bear picnic to celebrate the end of their topic on fairytales. Children made their own sandwiches, took a teddy bear along for the…

PRIMARY school children are teaming up with a wildlife park to tackle waste. Pupils from Little Parndon Primary Academy, in Harlow, are working with Paradise Wildlife Park on the HEART9Helping Endangered Animals project. Lyn Edgley, SEN at Little Parndon, said: “As part of Paradise Wildlife…

HARLOW Students are being urged to swap their revision notes for trainers this exam season to help with stress. As exams are approaching, England Athletics is launching its first #RunAndRevise scheme, which aims to encourage pupils to take a break from revision and support their…

SCHOOLS in England will have to stay accountable for pupils they exclude, a government-backed review has said reports the BBC. It could mean school league table rankings having to include the exam results of pupils who have been excluded and moved elsewhere. The intention is…

NEW life is developing right in front of the curious eyes of primary school children. Reception pupils at Roydon Primary School, in Roydon, took nine eggs under their wing, setting up hatching equipment and a live stream to watch every minute of the development. Excitement…

FRESHWATERS Primary Academy has been highly praised after a recent inspection by education watchdog Ofsted. They came to the school, based off School Lane, on March 19th. The report states: This school continues to be good. The leadership team has maintained the good quality of…

THIS week, St Alban’s Catholic Academy and St Luke’s Catholic Academy were visited by the Book Bus. A spokesperson said: “This was a fantastic event, the children thoroughly enjoyed the visit and staff thanked all those that supported this. This has helped to raise funds…

CHILDREN at Roydon Primary Academy were inspired to face challenges head-on by a former teacher who lost his sight to a brain tumour. James Shone had been a teacher for 16 years when, in 2012, he was preparing to take on his first headship. During…

HARLOW MP Robert Halfon has questioned why there doesn’t seem to be any system of inspection for parents who home school their children. The subject came up on Tuesday morning as he chaired the education committee in the House of Commons. Mr Halfons’s committee was…

HARLOW MP Robert Halfon rose on the floor of the House of Commons to highlight the plight of staff at the Aspire Academy in Harlow. Mr Halfon said: “When Aspire, an alternative provision academy in Harlow, was taken over by TBAP multi-academy trust in 2017,…

ST MARK’S netball and football teams went close in a number of finals in West Essex. All the teams should be proud of their achievement in getting to the finals in the first place. The teams are: Year 7 Boys lost 2-3 to West Hatch…

THE most outstanding individuals and institutions that the education sector has to offer have been recognised in the shortlist for the Tes Schools Awards 2019. It’s been revealed that Longwood Primary Academy has been shortlisted for the national ‘Healthy School of the Year’ award. This is…