THE upcoming strikes are a complex issue for all teachers including headteachers. To be honest, it is a disgrace that two other unions didn’t reach the recently imposed (2016) minimum response level and this leaves the members of the NEU standing up for many more…

IT IS another very entertaining and informative edition of Passmores News. Anchored by two excellent newsreaders in  Hannais and Savanna, their fifteen minute broadcast gives an overview of another busy month at the Tracyes Road school. We hear all about the school trip to Paris.…

HARRISON Moore, a 29-year-old history teacher at Sir Frederick Gibberd College and Sixth Form in Harlow, says making the switch to teaching was the best career decision he’s ever made – and is calling on those considering a career switch this year to explore the…

IT was all jolly hockey sticks at Church Langley Primary School as 27 teams descended throughout the day to attempt to make it through to the Hockey Finals. Both qualifying events, a morning and an afternoon session, were full-on with an astounding 48 matches played.…

ESSEX Library Service has partnered with the National Literacy Trust to introduce new support for families, aimed at preparing young children to start Primary School.The Library Service’s ‘Community Connectors’ will work directly with families, Early Years settings and partners across all library services, with a…

HARLOW- based charities are encouraged to apply now for financial support from the Essex Fund to keep their services and projects running. The Fund, which is managed by the independent charitable trust, Essex Community Foundation, was set up by Essex County Council in 2000 to provide annual…

YEAR 10 students from Burnt Mill Academy, in Harlow, visited Whitechapel as part of their history lessons. They took a tour of East London’s history dating back to the early 19th Century and had lunch at The Worshipful Company of Baker’s Hall, a livery first…

TO mark Apprenticeship Week, which runs from 6-12 February 2023, adult education provider ACL Essex, part of Essex County Council (ECC), is hosting events on 6 and 7 February to raise awareness of the huge range of apprenticeship and skills opportunities available to everyone. An…

ESSEX Library Service has partnered with the National Literacy Trust to introduce new support for families, aimed at preparing young children to start Primary School.The Library Service’s ‘Community Connectors’ will work directly with families, Early Years settings and partners across all library services, with a…

HARLOW businesswoman, Dani Donovan, made it through to the next round of BBC’s The Apprentice. Last Thursday’s new task saw the two teams create a short cartoon aimed at pre-school children, which would be judged by industry experts. While one group managed to impress with their…

A MEETING was held on Monday night to discuss the much-delayed move of Harlowbury Primary school from Old Harlow to Gilden Park. The audience was composed of concerned parents as well as local residents. In the audience was headteacher Vicky Early and co-chair of Governors,…

LAST week, 15 teachers from across Europe visited Harlow to work with Kingsmoor Academy as part of an Erasmus+ project called, ‘Playing With New Words.’ The project is looking at the effectiveness of games when learning and promoting language acquisition.  Teachers from Spain, Romania, Turkey…

A FORMER Head of English at Passmores Academy has passed away. An obituary for John Swallow has been published in The Guardian. Click below for details. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/dec/25/john-swallow-obituary

ADULT learning provider ACL Essex, which is part of Essex County Council, has partnered with The Retrofit Academy to deliver innovative retrofit training to residents of Essex. Those interested in improving the energy efficiency of homes can gain qualifications from Level 2 through to Level…