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By DAVE GILES FEATURES EDITOR (and proud new dad) david.giles@nqe.com
View ArticleStudents will learn on job at hotel in Wivenhoe House
A NEW era has begun for Wivenhoe House, as it re-launches as the pioneering Edge Hotel School.
View ArticleSouth Essex College’s new boss Angela O’Donoghue relishes the challenge of a...
THE first Angela O’Donoghue heard of South Essex College was when she spotted an ad for the job she would go on to land.
View ArticleStars on the syllabus
HEAVENS above! Where once a youngster could expect to learn little more than the three Rs at school, with maybe a bit of French of Latin thrown in, students in Essex are looking beyond the...
View ArticleBasildon Academies tops league table for GCSE results in town
THE new interim head of the Basildon Academies says the Year 11 pupils are on track to get 55 per cent A to C grades in their GCSEs this year, which will be the school’s best ever result.
View ArticleSpecial schools to be merged in Southend
TWO troubled schools will be merged together after a year of discontent.
View ArticleOne in four grammar school pupils are from out of Southend
THREE out of four pupils accepted at two Southend grammar schools are not from the town, statistics have revealed.
View ArticleStaff at troubled school in parents' firing line
STAFF at a troubled school were criticised for going sick - and warned it would become a sponsored academy if things didn’t improve.
View ArticleSix figure salary for new Basildon Academies head
THE top job at the troubled Basildon Academies is being advertised with a six-figure salary.
View ArticleHolt Farm Junior School row rumbles on
THE ex chair of governors at a troubled Rochford school has spoken out to defend himself and his colleagues
View ArticleApprenticeship advice for school pupils
PUPILS saw the benefits of becoming an apprentice at a school roadshow.
View ArticleMost parents get secondary school of choice
MORE than 86 per cent of parents have been offered their first choice of secondary school.
View ArticleParents hit back over school heating failure
PARENTS are boycotting a freezing school which has been left without heating for more than two weeks.
View ArticleHeroic witches brought back to life for youngsters
WITCHES were brought to life for pupils by a historian from Essex University.
View ArticleGrammar schools are "failing" Southend
SOUTHEND is failing its youngsters by allowing three out of four grammar school places to be taken by children from outside the borough, according to councillors.
View ArticleBenfleet schoolchildren swap uniforms for fancy dress to mark National Book Week
FROM Shakespeare to Where’s Wally, youngsters took inspiration from their favourite books to transform themselves into some of the world’s most famous fictional characters.
View ArticleFailing primary school shows continued signs of improvement
AN UNDER fire primary school could be out of special measures by the end of the school year.
View ArticleCanvey schoolchildren to quiz astronauts on space station
CANVEY youngsters will be given lessons from space when they get to quiz astronauts orbiting the earth.
View ArticleUnder-fire headteacher vows to turn school around
AN UNDER-FIRE headteacher has pledged to address a “legacy of underperformance” and turn around a school in special measures within a year.
View ArticleCollege praised in Ofsted report
ONE of country’s leading sixth form colleges has been rated as good by Government inspectors.
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