Education

A FIFTH of these took place in August as young people receive their A-Level and GCSE results

CHILDREN with special educational needs in Grays could spend the next year learning in a temporary classroom due to a growing demand for school places.

NEXT Thursday (15th August 2019) will see students across the country anxiously open their A-Level results. And whilst many teens will be looking forward to heading off to university, NICEIC, the UK’s leading name for registered electricians, is reminding school and college leavers in the East of England to consider other viable alternatives.

PRIMARY Schools across Thurrock have been recognised for providing healthy food options for students at a special award ceremony.

MORE than 70 practitioners from schools across the borough took part in a days training on understanding and managing ADHD, led by Colin Foley, training director at the ADHD Foundation.

FIRST Give and Gable Hall School worked in partnership to help young people give back to their communities and speak out for causes they believe in. Students at the school dedicated time and effort to chosen charities through social action, with one class winning a First Give grant of £1,000 for their charity!

OFSTED has praised USP College for its progress following a recent monitoring visit.

CONGRATULATIONS to a group of ground-breaking schoolgirls from Thurrock who are the first in the country to complete a pilot project to boost their confidence.

PRIMARY schools from across the South West Essex Community Education Trust have all achieved SATs results above the national average.

PRIMARY schools in Thurrock are celebrating after initial Key Stage 2 results revealed that the percentage of 11 year-olds achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and maths is higher than ever before.

USP College is not only celebrating the fact it achieved 100% satisfaction for the quality of its Higher Education courses in this year’s National...

OFSTED inspectors have heaped praise on the Head of School, Dan George and his team for the transformation that has taken place at the Gateway Primary Free School [Tilbury]. In an overwhelmingly positive report.

A RECORD number of over 600 pupils from 55 Essex primary schools have competed in the Active Essex Summer School Games.

THE leader of Thurrock Labour has questioned how much support the Tory-run Thurrock Council is giving to schools in the borough.

ENROLMENTS are now open for 2019-20 adult education courses at your local Thurrock Adult Community College (TACC). There is something for everyone, from vocational skills and qualifications,