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…

TEENAGERS are now able to respond to emergency situations after undergoing first aid training. The group of 20 Year 13 students from Epping St John’s School, in Epping, worked with St John Ambulance to learn how to use CPR, use a defibrillator, how to clear…

EASTENDERS actor Ricky Norwood is devoting time to developing the talents of Harlow youngsters. Burnt Mill Academy was introduced to the Rudolph Walker Inter-School Drama Award by its founder Rudolph Walker, who plays Patrick Truman in the long-running BBC soap opera. Having spent time with…

HARLOW children are starting their school day by feeding their brains with a free snack. Every pupil at Little Parndon Primary Academy is being given a choice of cereal or bagel each day, thanks to a Sugar Tax grant. The school has also been given…

EVERY student in a Harlow secondary school is rolling up their sleeves and cleaning up their environment. Burnt Mill Academy head girl Georgia Bailey and head boy Matthew Hart felt the school grounds were becoming untidy with too much litter dropped on the floor. So…

THE Pemberley staff band have this week seen their end of half term concert for the children go viral with the video being watched as far away as India and South Africa. The video shows the children and staff performing the song ‘Shotgun’ by George…

BUILDING specialist Caledonian has secured the contract to build the new Sir Frederick Gibberd College in Harlow. Sir Frederick Gibberd College will be built at the site of the former Passmores School in Tendring Road and is worth £29m. It will comprise a 1,200 place…

TWO Harlow school girls are proving they are among the best in the country at trampolining. Burnt Mill Academy students Shannon Waterman and Lois Tappenden represent their school in national competitions in the sport. Year 8 Shannon, a member of Flight Trampoline Club, has qualified…

How can reading ever be boring with a library like this? ROYDON Primary Academy prides itself on having a reading culture and doing all it can to encourage children to read for pleasure. Year 6 reading leaders – chosen as ambassadors to encourage peers to…

LOCAL fine artist Jack Freeman, recently stopped by Passmores Academy to hold an interactive portraiture session for pupils and staff. Jack demonstrated the techniques and styles that he most often uses within his portraiture work as well as his use of charcoal as his material…

PEOPLE who help us have been introducing themselves to nursery children. The youngest pupils at Freshwaters Primary Academy, in Harlow, were visited by police officers and firefighters as part of their project on people who help us. The police officer explained his role to pupils…