ON Tuesday 1st March, pupils at Stewards Academy had a special visit from poet and journalist, Michelle Madsen, who tutored them in developing their poetry and performance skills. Through a series of workshops, pupils learnt how to consolidate and develop their poetry ideas and develop…

STEWARDS Academy was absolutely delighted to invite Andrew Mines, Managing Director of Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group to give a talk to 70 of our Year 10 and 11 pupils.  Since 1956, Watson-Marlow has been designing and engineering some of the most innovative fluid management solutions…

STEWARDS Academy’s Year 10 photography students accompanied by Miss Martin, Mr Ford and Miss Spowart embarked on a trip to London City Centre with the goal to explore the different sites that the city had to offer-documenting their journey through photographs. Arriving at the Tower…

THERE was a series of impressive performances by Harlow athletes in the Essex Cross Country Championships on Saturday. There as an impressive run by St Nicholas’ Year 9 student Alistair Mizon who came 19th in the Junior Boys run at Writtle. St Marks West Essex…

A FORMER Stewards Academy student has made his full debut for Liverpool in the FA Cup at the weekend. Elijah Dixon-Bonner kicked off for the famous club in their home game against Shrewsbury at Anfield. Dixon-Bonner has come on in the final minutes of a…

STEWARDS Academy got into the charity spirit once again, with its Children in Need activities. Leading up to a whole school dress down day the pupils had the opportunity to get involved with different tutor competitions, including a Pudsey puzzle, draw your form tutor and…

REMEMBRANCE plays a key role at Stewards Academy. In addition to permanent displays around the academy site and their new Remembrance Garden, they seek ways to honour the fallen at this time of the year too. This year pupils had assemblies delivered by Subject Lead…

STEWARDS Academy was absolutely delighted to be invited to the prestigious Cambridge University Emmanuel College. A number of Year 9 students and two staff members, Mr Laing and Mrs Bailey, embarked on a trip to Cambridge university to participate in an “Experience Day”. On arrival,…

AFTER being unable to bring Stewards Academy’s EMPV group together for over eighteen months, it was amazing to have over 150 pupils and staff attend the first meeting of the academic year. With a packed agenda, led by the heads of the EMPV group, Ms…

STEWARDS Academy students have told YH why Black History Month is so important to them. The ambassadors spoke passionately and intelligently about the people that inspired them and how the month is celebrated in the school. The school has built a reputation for its history…

A FORMER Stewards Academy student made his debut for Liverpool on Wednesday night. Elijah Dixon-Bonner came on close to injury time in Liverpool’s 2-0 away victory against Preston North End in the last sixteen of the Carabao Cup. Since signing for Liverpool in 2018, Elijah…

THIS term has seen the relaunch of Stewards Academy Creative Writing Club, run by English teacher Mr. Springthorpe. The club is open to all pupils and its aim is to offer opportunities for pupils of all writing abilities to discuss and develop their creative writing…

STEWARDS Academy’s Phoenix Curriculum is back up and running after the disruption of last academic year. Staff and pupils were thrilled to be able to start up the exciting and enriching extra-curricular opportunities once again. As an academy that believes firmly in developing the whole…

STEWARDS Academy WAS recently visited by Ofsted to look at the effectiveness of school leadership and management and the behaviour and attitude of pupils as part of a no notice one day inspection. Ofsted recognised the destabilising effect the pandemic has had on students and…