PRIMARY students at a South Ockendon school have benefited from an assembly dedicated to recycling plastics under Thurrock Council’s initiative to reduce plastic waste in the borough.
THE finalists shortlisted for this year's Thurrock Education Awards have been announced following an array of nominations from young people, parents and colleagues across the borough.
A THURROCK parent was presented with an “Outstanding Achievement” award by the ADHD Foundation at the National Parents & Carers Conference held in Liverpool this month.
EMILY, 16, from Basildon, who is currently studying Sports & Exercise Science at the Palmer’s Campus of USP College, is flying up the ranks on the racing circuit.
THURROCK Adult Community College, in partnership with Thurrock Library Services, are giving FREE Community ESOL conversation and reading classes at Grays Library in the Thameside Complex, Orsett Road, RM17 5DX.
THURROCK could soon get a new school for children with special educational needs after planning officers recommended that a new school in Grays is granted planning permission.
MR Ceri Evans has been appointed Principal of Ortu Gable Hall School. The selection process involved students, staff at several levels, the Ortu Gable Hall Local Governing Body and the Ortu Federation Board.
WHEN I was growing up, I always saw Oxford and Cambridge as real-life Hogwarts – exclusive universities that only invited those born into excellence. Some people, I feel, still hold this view in a way; that if you are born into the ‘right’ family then you have an easy road to get in,
