ON Thursday, May 30th, thousands of parents, disabled children, young people and professionals will march in more than 25 locations across the country, including Colchester. They are calling for an end to the funding crisis facing special educational needs and disabilities provision.
ON Tuesday 28th May the head of Harris Academy Riverside will be a speaker at the next Purfleet-on-Thames Community Forum meeting held at St. Stephen's Church.
AS part of the Royal Opera House’s innovative scheme to provide apprenticeships across its backstage departments, two apprenticeships are now on offer in Thurrock at High House Production Park.
ADULT learners at Thurrock Adult Community College (TACC) start to sit their GCSE exams from 21 May, after studying part-time in the daytime or evenings on free one-year courses to achieve their individual personal goals.
A JOB coach from South Essex College’s Foundation Learning department has travelled to Kenya to visit a number of charitable projects and donate kit bags and water bottles supplied by the College.
A NATIONAL College Creative Industries student, Tom Mylchreest (17) from Wickford, Essex took on the challenge of a lifetime when he took part in The MoonWalk London on Saturday 11th May.
DESPITE the soggy weather on Wednesday May 8th, staff and learners at Thurrock Adult Community College (TACC) took part in the @ForwardMotion Community Bike Event at their centre in Grays competing to delicious finales on the smoothie bike and trialling some of the hire bikes now available locally, including electric cycles!
STAFF and pupils at the Tilbury Pioneer Academy were stunned to return from the bank holiday to find that, only two weeks after opening their new building, thieves had broken into it to steal the copper piping from the heating system.
PURFLEET Primary School and three of its pupils were presented with top prizes yesterday after entering Purfleet Centre Regeneration Limited's art competition drawing what they think the town will look like following the £1billion regeneration called Purfleet on Thames.
SCHOOLS across Thurrock are being praised for their commitment to creating a safe environment for staff and pupils, school support staff union UNISON says today (Tuesday).
