FIGURES released to YH reveal the breakdown for school places in Harlow. Passmores Academy had the most first preferences followed by Stewards Academy. As you can see there are still hundreds on waiting lists for a number of schools however, with no students on the…

LAST week at Pear Tree Mead Academy marked the start of our ‘Aspirational’ half term and to initiate it we have had a successful and motivating careers week! We looked to the local community to help and support us in explaining and showing the children…

HARLOW College has been rated as “Good” by Ofsted. The education watchdog came to the Velizy Avenue college on January 22nd. The report makes the following observations: Governors and leaders have a clear vision and high ambitions for learners and apprentices. As a result, learners…

THURSDAY 14th February saw the culmination and celebration of a Cambridge University Scholar’s Programme for 12 pupils from Stewards Academy with a graduation ceremony at SOAS University. Pupils involved were Bryony Witt-Davies, Izzi Spooner, Jessica Harrington, Matylda Szcerba, Liam Holt, Jake Ward, Joshua Palmer, Patrick…

THE Aviation Minister Liz Sugg met with young female students at Stansted Airport College ahead of International Women’s Day to see some of the work London Stansted Airport does to encourage girls into aviation careers. The Minister, who is calling on the aviation sector to…

Cloudfm Academy achieves new accreditation CLOUDFM is delighted to announce that prestigious leader in skills development, City & Guilds, has accredited the facilities management company’s Academy to deliver qualifications on behalf of the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM). Located close to Cloudfm’s headquarters in…

A RECYCLING mission saw primary school children collect 22,380 batteries in just one month. Pupils at Little Parndon Primary Academy, in Harlow, were challenged to bring in used batteries for a whole school recycling competition. Each class has its own bin and recycles paper, card,…

MORE than 13,500 pupils who are due to start secondary school in Essex in September 2019 have been offered their parents’ top preference of school. Today (1 March) families across the county will discover the outcome of their secondary school applications, with those who applied…

Exploring what the Capital has to Offer STEWARDS Academy Art and Photography department took GCSE pupils to explore the amazing sites available in London; these included the V&A Museum and Tate. Year 11 pupils visited the V&A Museum as part of the preparation for the…

Roydon Primary School is a Good school, Ofsted has confirmed. INSPECTORS paid their first visit to the school in February since it was judged to be Good in July 2015. In a letter to headteacher Michael Clark, Her Majesty’s inspector Wendy Varney confirmed the school…

A SCHOOL is working to raise vital funds for a local hospice. Burnt Mill Academy, in Harlow, has been supporting St Clare Hospice in the town for the last two years. Students, staff and families from the school raised a total of £180 for the…

STEWARDS Academy recently welcomed performing arts students and staff from Hertford Regional College. The students performed two devised pieces that explored topics of male depression-‘Men Suffer Too’ and catfishing on the internet- ‘What Goes on in the Inside’. Both of these pieces delivered powerful messages…

DAVID Bown, the Headmaster of Saint Nicholas School in Old Harlow has died after a car struck him early on the evening of Friday 22nd February whilst he was out walking in the Brecon Beacons with his teenage son. David 50, who was originally from…