Education

HOSTED by Thurrock Council Children's Services, in partnership with CaPa Thurrock's Parent Carer Forum, the SEND Conference was an opportunity to bring together key stakeholders to share best practices and review the progress across the borough supporting children and young people with SEND.

SIX South Essex College students have qualified for the Association of College’s Sport national championships.

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SCHOOL performance tables. Education bosses may well not be happy with six of the nine schools being rated "Average" or "Well Below Average"

SOUTH Essex College University Centre students celebrated their degree achievements at last night’s annual Graduation ceremony.

STUDENTS at Ormiston Park Academy got lessons in comedy and characterisation over three days when artists from Thurrock-based theatre troupe The Complete Commedia Company visited the school.

CONCERNS have been raised over exam results at William Edwards school in Grays.

BALLET Dancers, a String Quartet, pyrotechnics and a 21st Century light show set the scene and entertained over a hundred guests at the National College Creative Industries Graduation event last week (Thursday 4 October).

IT'S Get Online Week where Thurrock residents are being encouraged to see how it feels when you Try 1 thing - use the internet to do just one thing you'd normally do in a shop or bank, in a doctor's or chemist, or even over the phone. Joseph Price, Course Leader for IT & Digital Skills at Thurrock Adult Community College (TACC)

TO mark World Mental Health Day on 10 October, Thurrock Adult Community College (TACC) organised a Tea and Talk event, raising over £200 for the Mental Health Foundation. Their social area at the college in Richmond Road, Grays was transformed into a hub of practical information

OSBORNE chief executive Paul Griffiths said: “Our numbers are slightly down, on what we anticipated.

PROSPECTIVE students along with their families and friends packed into Ortu Gable Hall’s Hall to hear what life at the academy is like last week (Monday and Tuesday 1 and 2 October).

SOUTH Essex College is looking to the future with a series of exciting estate developments, which will improve the education offer for young people in the local area.

A particular low point came in the form of an email between the new Head and another executive Head from the same academy, I obtained it via a freedom of information request. It detailed how my son had been questioned about whether he really needed his prescribed ADHD medication (their view was he didn’t) and it went on to mock his future ambition to be a pilot. I didn’t have the words to describe this email then and I still don’t now.

THOUSANDS of students from schools and colleges across Thurrock took part in the region's largest careers and further education expo.