THE Jack Petchey Foundation has launched the Jack Petchey Environmental Award Awards to recognise young people from London and Essex doing great things for the environment in Thurrock.
THIS week the oldest and youngest members of the Corringham Primary School and Nursery Community joined the Mayor, James Halden, and a representative from DP World London Gateway to plant trees in order to create a Forest School and to contribute to the future of our environment as an Eco-Friendly school.
ORTU Federation Trustees have expressed their disappointment to the parents of Hassenbrook Academy and Corringham Primary School that their choice of Trust, the Gateway Learning Community Trust [GLC], has been rejected by the Department for Education. Despite the support of Stephen Metcalfe MP, the Minister for Schools, Nick Gibb, was not persuaded of the benefits of the trustees’ choice.
THE GLC Trust, comprising one secondary academy and four primary academies, is thrilled to announce the launch of their new websites. They are easy to navigate and welcome current and prospective students, teachers, parents, governors and partners to explore the websites to gain an insight into life at The Gateway Learning Community.
FIGURES released today, Monday 17 April, have revealed that the vast majority of children across Thurrock will receive one of their top three primary school choices for the September 2023 academic year.
EVEWRIGHT Arts Foundation (EAF) is delighted to announce Belongings: Windrush 75 as part of Windrush 75th anniversary celebrations, made possible thanks to National Lottery players through a National Lottery Heritage Fund Grant.
A NEW briefing note from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has calculated that between 2009-10 and 2019-20 school spending per pupil in England fell by 9% in real-terms reports LocalGov.
OFSTED inspectors have been accused of a “reign of terror” over teachers and school leaders in England, as a second major teaching union backed a campaign to abolish the schools watchdog reports The Guardian.
IN the first project of its kind anywhere in Britain, thousands of children across South Essex stand to benefit from a greater teacher focus on crucial STEM subjects in the classroom thanks to a £50,000 donation from DP World.
THE Woodland Trust is urging schools and communities across the east of England to join the fight against climate change and nature loss – and reach a remarkable five million free trees planted across the United Kingdom since 2020 – by taking advantage of its latest tree-pack giveaway.
STOPPING or preventing school inspections in England would be against “children’s best interests”, the chief inspector of Ofsted has said reports the BBC.
