STEVEN'S powerful stage presence earned him a reputation as one of the most charismatic actors of his generation appearing in iconic films such as A Clockwork Orange and Barry Lyndon. He has appeared in blockbusters such as James Bond’s Octopussy, Beverly Hills Cop, Rambo, Under the Cherry Moon, Absolute Beginners and The Krays; more recently The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
THIS means that, in summer 2012, Harris Academy Chafford Hundred achieved better GCSE results than any other school with a very similar cohort of students. In his letter to the Academy, Mr Laws wrote: “Your school stood out in two ways. First, you were ranked number one in your table. Second, over 10 per cent more of your pupils achieved five good GCSEs including English and maths than is typical of a school with your intake. This is a fantastic achievement that you should be very proud of.”
BRIAN Warrens, Lecturer in Production Arts (Technical Theatre) & Creative & Cultural Apprenticeship Assessor for the College, who spends much of his time with students at the Centre, said: “I’ve worked in the industry for over 30 years and the opportunities these state-of-the-art facilities give young people looking at forging a career in this traditionally ‘hard to get into’ area are second to none. It really is outstanding and is essential in the delivery of the right skills using the right equipment to get our students in the right jobs related to their studies.”
ACCORDING to recent research an astonishing 1 in 7 young people go off to school of college having had no breakfast. Using their loaf, or alternatively rolled oats if you prefer, South Essex College is now set to offer all students the opportunity of a free breakfast as part of their brand new Breakfast Club initiative.
EVERY child at a Thurrock infant school will receive free lunches from next September, Nick Clegg will announce on today (Wednesday) in a £1.2bn coalition deal. In his closing speech to the Lib Dem conference, after winning a series of crunch votes, Mr Clegg will make clear that the £600m-a-year scheme was the price he had demanded to support David Cameron's tax scheme reports The Guardian.
LAST week Stephen Metcalfe, MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock, paid a visit to Gable Hall School to meet with their student leadership team and to present them with an EQualities Award. The visit and the award follow on from a fantastic year of GCSE results whereby 73% of pupils achieved a record 5 GCSE’s at A*-C.
"It was great to see St Clere's students like Rachael and Faizal speak confidently at the House of Commons about the success of their school. Co-operative values mean the school is not only about good exam grades - the school raises citizens who know their obligations to the community and believe in their own power to improve it. I hope more schools can adopt the values and approach of st Clere's.
OFSTED inspectors have acknowledged the hard work of Manor School’s former head teacher Alex Seaford in smoothing the amalgamation of the nursery and infant and junior schools in 2011. But July’s inspection – released this week – says the school is judged to require special measures.
THE NEW principal of the Hathaway Academy has already proven that a new regime is more than just a change of name (Hathaway Academy). It also appears that a change means a total change of culture. YT understands that Mr James Howarth has already been door to door on Hathaway Road, getting to meet the neighbours.
OFSTED inspectors who visited Horndon-on-the-Hill C of E Primary School at the end of last term say the school is improving and that “the new head teacher has made a notable recent impact”.
But they judged the school to require improvement because - despite clear signs of progress - it is still early days for the new head teacher Travis Martinson to have improved the quality of teaching across the board and increase the rates of progress across the whole school.
ALTHOUGH the members and volunteers at Davy Down are mourning the loss of the chair of their charity, councillor Diana Hale, it was her expressed wish that they should “keep it all going” and this is the intention.
MANOR Primary School in Dickens Avenue, Tilbury has a new interim head teacher. Alex Seaford announced her resignation at the start of the summer holidays and Thurrock Council has worked quickly to find an interim replacement.
Parents of children who will leave primary school in 2014 – those born between 1 September 2002 and 31 August 2003 - must apply for a secondary school place for September 2014. Thurrock Council has an efficient and effective online system for people with access to the internet – last year nearly nine out of ten people applied this way.
RECENTLY, we were invited, along with local residents and councillors, for a tour of the Ormiston Park Academy building. You can tell how excited principal Tess Walker and deputy principal Huw Derrick are as they show us around the building.
EDUCATION boss, John Kent does the rounds on GCSE results day. Of the ten secondary schools and academies in Thurrock, six saw improvements in their overall results and there has been a large rise in English Baccalaureate (EBacc) success rates – the EBacc is seen as the platform for young people to go on to A-levels and high-quality vocational study.
