ST Mark’s held its annual Macmillan Coffee Morning, raising funds for people living with cancer.  This was organised and run by our Sixth Form pupils, who decorated our library and then enjoyed serving staff a selection of americanos, lattes, tea, and cakes.  “It was so…

THE government has updated its list of over 200 qualifications to be scrapped as part of the rollout of T-levels reports the BBC. The qualifications, including BTecs and other post-GCSE courses, were taken by a total of over 50,000 students per year in England in…

The Parent Hood of Harlow Presents: Postnatal Plus – January 2024 Course THE Parent Hood of Harlow is excited to announce the launch of our highly anticipated Postnatal Plus Course for January 2024. This comprehensive six-week program is designed to empower and support new parents…

ST Mark’s West EssexCatholic School: Year 12 Opportunities Evening

THE NET Academies family of schools held a Netball tournament last week. Netballers from Jerounds, Abbotsweld, Latton Green, Longwood and Katherines produced an afternoon of scintillating netball. Jerounds were the winners of what is an inaugural competition which they hope will continue for a long…

HUNDREDS OF parents and prospective pupils came to the Sir Frederick Gibberd College (SFG) open day. As you may appreciate,, it has been a difficult few months for the school, with their brand new £27 million building on Tendring Road being condemned. But as they…

HARLOW Futures aims to inspire all young people in Harlow to be ambitious about their futures and give them the support and tools to succeed. This project has a particular focus on mental wellbeing. It looks to help young people build mental health resilience that…

FOREIGN Secretary James Cleverly visited London Stansted today (Oct 13), where he met senior staff and toured its trailblazing college. The MP for Braintree was given a guided tour of Stansted Airport College, the only one of its kind in the UK, spoke to students…

ONCE again, the Best Team Football Finals was a well-attended and super event. The 10 teams who had qualified from the previous week’s round, played really well and the standard of football was high. Once the opening group game matches had been completed, the four…

A NEW educational initiative on sustainable flying for young people has launched at London Stansted. The airport is offering its Jet Zero curriculum to schools and colleges in the local area as part of its commitment to creating a more sustainable future.  A class of…

BUILDING on the success of the Lionesses, congratulations went to the 19 teams of Year 3 and 4 Girls who attended the Girls’ Football Festival at Mark Hall Academy on Friday morning. Throughout the 36 matches, all the teams were well-managed by school staff who…

SIR FREDERICK Gibberd College has written to parents of Year 7 pupils at the school to give them an update on the arrangements for the pupils over the next year. The letter states: We wish to provide you with an update on the teaching arrangements…

LATTON GREEN Primary Academy is set to host a Christmas Fayre on December 1st, 2023 from 3pm to 5pm. If you would like a stall at the fayre see the poster below for details. If you would like to donate a raffle prize please contact…

KINGSMOOR Primary Academy PTA has teamed up with @thelittlerecyclers to put unwanted clothes to good use whilst helping raise money for their school. All they ask from you is to donate your unwanted clothes… Other items they accept are: Good quality clean clothingPaired shoesAssesoriesBags, beltsJewelleryClean…