Education
HARLOW’S Elijah Dixon-Bonner has joined QPR, putting pen to paper as a free agent after leaving Liverpool in the summer reports QPR. Stewards Academy student Dixon-Bonner came through the youth system at Arsenal before joining the Reds’ academy as a 14-year-old in 2015. The 21-year-old…
PUPILS at Jerounds Primary School, on Pyenest Road, Harlow recently took part in a book swap designed to help children in Essex discover a lifelong love of reading.Supported by the Essex Year of Reading campaign, participants brought in a range of books and exchanged them…
FORMER skills minister Robert Halfon and ex-schools minister Nick Gibb are making a return to the Department for Education’s ministerial team reports FE Week. The pair were announced as new ministers of state in the DfE tonight as part of prime minister Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle.…
IN need of a career change? ACL Essex launches new hair and beauty courses to boost Essex entrepreneurial spirit. Adult learning provider, ACL Essex, is launching new hair and beauty courses to support entrepreneurial residents of Essex into the industry. Learners will have the chance…
OUR Harlow is 75 project has taken a number of tangents over the past year. Here we explore how schools celebrate their global villages. YH went down to Jerounds Primary Academy to speak to their highly regarded Headteacher, Laura Citici https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y5obrac3Yjk TO mark the town’s…
WATCH a partial Solar Eclipse live stream below. The last one for 70 years! The eclipse will begin at 10am https://www.youtube.com/embed/s7UMdct3yzo
AFTER two-days of inspections, William Martin Church of England Infant School in Harlow has received a ‘Good’ rating across the board. The school, which teaches children aged between 3 and 7, was praised for its extensive SEND offering and pastoral care. In the report, it…
THE Education Committee today publishes a response from the Secretary of State for Education, Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP, to its letter regarding the Government’s special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) review. The Committee’s initial correspondence raised concerns, based on their predecessor committee’s Special Educational…
FUNDING of £7.9 million has been secured to support thousands of Essex residents to improve their numeracy skills, gain a qualification, get into employment, and build their confidence. The Department for Education has accepted Essex County Council’s (ECC) case for ‘Multiply’, part of a new…
AN open letter to Conservative MPs about the school & college funding crisisahead of this week’s leadership elections. Dear colleagues, We write as leaders of national education organisations across the UK. Between us werepresent and support the vast majority of leaders, teachers, governors, trustees, parents…
THE Department for Education has published its provisional key stage 4 school performance data. All secondary schools are awarded a Progress 8 score based on the improvement made by students there between Key Stage 2 at the end of primary school and Key Stage 4,…
THE Water Lane Primary Academy Weekly Newsletter. Another busy week for the Sumners-based school.
HARLOW’S MP, Robert Halfon visited Harlow College for the 92nd time this week in celebration of Colleges Week. Harlow College is now one of the best colleges in the country leading the way for apprentices and degree apprentices throughout Essex. During the visit, he spoke…
Years 1 and 2 Football Festival success THANKS to everyone who attended to annual Years 1 and 2 Football Festival at Mark Hall Academy this morning; the children had great fun and the 16 teams were thoroughly excited despite the wet and blustery conditions. With…
ST James Church of England Primary set to host Open Days. Full details as well as contact details below.
PARENTS of Year 6 pupils due to start secondary school in September 2023 are reminded that they only have until 31 October 2022 to apply for their child’s secondary school place.With ten days to go until the closing date, parents are encouraged to use the…
