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Mayor praises two Thurrock schools after visits

THURROCK’S recently-elected mayor has paid a visit to two schools in Stanford-le-Hope and Corringham to see how the students are settling in after half-term.

The Port of Tilbury welcomes hundreds of people to recruitment day

THE Port of Tilbury, London's fastest growing port welcomed hundreds of people from the local area to their recruitment day on Tuesday 29th June 2021 at the London Cruise Terminal.

Government set to end automatic isolation for pupils after hundreds sent home

HUNDREDS of thousands of pupils will no longer have to automatically isolate after contact with a positive Covid case when schools return in September in England, ministers are expected to announce.

Mobile phone ban plan to improve school behaviour

MOBILE phone bans and other ways to create “calm classrooms” are to be considered to help improve discipline in England’s schools reports the BBC.

Gateway Academy teachers land top teaching awards

SELECTED from thousands of nominations, Lisa Kelly and Ute Steenkamp, teachers at The Gateway Academy have been honoured as two of 102 Pearson National Teaching Silver Award winners across the country.

Emotional tributes to Ortu Gable Hall teacher

HEARTFELT tributes have been paid to a "legendary" staff member at Ortu Gable Hall, Corringham, who has sadly died aged 65. Staff and colleagues have...

Stanford-le-Hope: Football loving photography student kicks-off career in style

ACQUES Feeney, from Stanford-Le-Hope, has secured a sponsorship deal with Canon and is also working as a stringer for Getty Images, one of the most recognised visual media companies around the world.

‘Forgotten’ white working-class pupils let down by decades of neglect, MPs say

WHITE working-class pupils have been badly let down by decades of neglect and muddled policy thinking and only a proper targeted approach will reverse the educational underachievement of this long forgotten disadvantaged group, MPs say today.

School weigh-ins may return amid fears of post-lockdown child obesity crisis

PUPILS are to be regularly weighed in primary schools in England for the first time in 18 months from this September amid fears the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the UK’s child obesity problem reports the Independent.

South Essex College commemorates outstanding student success

SOUTH Essex College commemorated its outstanding students at the annual Celebrating Success awards on Wednesday 16 June.

Thurrock is synonymous with Windrush – but its significance reaches far further than Essex

THURROCK is synonymous with Windrush - but its significance reaches far further than Essex..

Girls asked for nudes by up to 11 boys a night, Ofsted finds

SOME girls can be contacted by up to 11 boys a night asking for nude images, the schools watchdog for England says reports the BBC.

South Essex College: Film students bring home gold in horror challenge

A GROUP of South Essex College Media students won an international horror film competition by submitting an entry with gory twist.

Deputy Mayor visits Ortu Corringham Pre-school

CLLR James Halden paid an exciting visit to Ortu Corringham Pre-School to see its new £1million building last Thursday, which doubled their student intake.

St Clere students recognised with Jack Petchey Award

INCREDIBLE young people from schools and colleges in Thurrock received their prestigious Jack Petchey Foundation Achievement Awards presented at a live digital event.

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