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Schoolchildren invited to Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Tilbury

AMAZON welcomed more than 70 children from local primary and secondary schools into its fulfilment centre in Tilbury and announced it will be opening its doors to members of the public for free guided tours next month.

£6 million cash boost to rebuild Tilbury Pioneer Academy

THE Gateway Learning Community Trust [GLC] has announced that, after a number of failed attempts, it has now secured just under £6m of funding from the Government, Thurrock Local Authority and from its own resources to replace the existing building at the Tilbury Pioneer Academy.

National Tennis success for South Essex College students

SOUTH Essex College students were successful at the Association of Colleges Sport Championships, helping the East region to place third in table tennis nationally and in the top 10 in tennis.

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Gateway Academy students go on Big Battery Hunt

STUDENTS from the Gateway Academy have been avidly collecting used batteries as part of a college- wide competition to see who can collect and recycle the most. The campaign has been part of The Big Battery Hunt, a national competition open to all schools.

Jodie’s impressive attendance record at Gateway Learning Community

A well-deserving Year 11 student at the Gateway Academy, Jodie, was recently presented with an iPad as a reward for her outstanding attendance and behaviour

Stanford Primary pupils raise funds for Allergy Awareness

CHILDREN and staff at Stanford-le-Hope Primary School have been busy raising a massive £1340 for Allergy Awareness UK. 

Grays band Bilk starting to create waves

A Music student from South Essex College is hoping to hit the big time with his band, BILK.

Deneholm Primary praised as “Outstanding” by Ofsted

DENEHOLM Primary was described as "Outstanding" for the school's approach to "personal development, behaviour and welfare" by government inspector's Ofsted. The high praise was part...

Brilliant Tilbury students visits School of Oriental and African Studies

Year 5 children from both Tilbury Pioneer Academy and the Gateway Free Primary School recently visited SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies, University...

High percentage of children in Thurrock offered preferred primary school

FOR the second year in a row 94% of children in Thurrock have been offered a place at their preferred primary school. 99%...

Thurrock Adult Community College: Italian Movie Night Offer

WITH the success of their Italian language courses recently, Thurrock Adult Community College proudly announces their first 'Italian Movie Night' on Wednesday 6 June from 6.30 to 9.30pm at the Grays Adult Education Centre.

Ormiston Park Academy link up with Royal Society of Arts

THE Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) has been working with Ormiston Park Academy (OPA) in Aveley to provide professional design workshops ahead of the RSA’s nationwide Pupil Design Awards competition.

Amazon donation prepares Tilbury pupils for STEM success

AMAZON'S drive to encourage Tilbury pupils to embrace a future career in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) continued last week when the local fulfilment centre made a donation to The Gateway Academy to support British Science Week.

Ortu Gable Hall praise “star pupil” Ruti after The Voice victory

STAFF at Gable Hall school in Corringham have praised their star pupil, Ruti, after she won ITV's The Voice.

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