A KALEIDOSCOPE of colour swept through St Edmund’s College & Prep School, Ware, earlier this month, as students participated in a charity Colour Run in support of Cancer Research UK. The lively and vibrant event is a highlight in the school’s ongoing charity fundraising efforts,…

KATHERINES Primary Academy in Harlow will welcome a new head from September. Julien Mealey steps into the role with current headteacher Annette Norris, who has led the school since 2017, stepping down at the end of this academic year. In her seven-year tenure leading Katherines…

ADULT learning provider, ACL Essex, is encouraging dedicated parents and carers to step forward and help people get into training. Starting on Monday 1 July, ACL Essex’s Parent Ambassador programme will equip volunteers with the skills to support fellow parents and carers in their local…

THE new exhibition at the Gibberd Gallery features final year artwork by 121 students from Harlow College. The exhibition runs from 18 – 29 June. It is free entry and open from 11am-4pm everyday except Sunday. Karen Harrison and Nikki Payne Harlow College Art Tutors said…

THE TWO hour General Election Hustings discussed a great many things. We thought it would be easier to break it down into a number of issued discussed. Firstly and perhaps most appropriately, as we were in Passmores Academy, the candidates discussed their plans for education.…

SIR Frederick Gibberd College, in Harlow, recently welcomed two distinguished visitors, Peta Hall and Hugh Coppen, relatives of the renowned architect Sir Frederick Gibberd. Peta, who resides in Canada, and Hugh, who lives in San Francisco, visited the school to honour their family’s legacy and…

ANGLIA Ruskin University (ARU) has more graduates from its undergraduate courses in paid employment than any other university in the East of England, according to new data released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)*, as well as more graduates employed as managers, directors or senior…

ON Thursday 25th April, sixty Year 7 and Year 8 students from Stewards Academy took part in the UKMT Junior Maths Challenge. This involved completing 25 challenging maths questions on many different topics intended to showcase their problem-solving skills. Pupils were competing against students at…

ON the 8th and 9th May, Stewards Academy were visited by a team of four Ofsted inspectors. They spent two days visiting lessons and talking to Governors, staff, parents and pupils. The inspection team were tasked with identifying both the strengths of the school and…

FIXED TERM – MATERNITY COVER -ADMINISTRATOR REQUIRED – SEPTEMBER 2024 Do you have great IT skills and an eye for detail? If so, we need to hear from you! Passmores Academy are looking for an Administrator to join our busy school data and attendance department…

OVER the past few weeks, Pemberley Academy students been looking at the world and the environment. On Friday they invited parents in to see their work. It was quite an impressive site to see parents queuing around the block waiting to come in and see…

ESSEX County Council has closed more children’s centres than any other local authority in England since 2010, according to figures from the country’s largest union reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Freedom of Information (FOI) requests from UNISON reveal that over a third of council-run children’s…

AHEAD of half term, some of Little Parndon and Cooks Spinney primary pupils were treated to a special performance by Play Date. The musical duo, from Idaho USA, comprise singer-songwriter Shanti Wintergate, and Greg Attonito, singer of the punk rock band The Bouncing Souls. They visited Little…

ON Tuesday morning, we went down to St Mark’s West Essex Catholic School to speak to four of their sixth formers about the upcoming General Election. It was a fascinating hour spent in the company of Luca, Carly, Joshua and Katerina. We discussed: voting age,…