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Essex academy schools: Are they working?

Ross Bliss, 11, Megan Johnson, 12, Tamara Asidi, 12 and George Killworth, 11, at Basildon Lower Academy, formerly Barstable School

1:00am Wednesday 24th February 2010

THE growth of school academies has been a hallmark of the New Labour years and there are now five in Essex. How effective are they?

£2m for temporary classrooms at Philip Morant

Philip Morant School is due to have £2million spent on temporary classrooms, before a £27million upgrade

7:00am Wednesday 10th February 2010

TEMPORARY classrooms costing £2million will be built at a Colchester secondary school, just years before it gets a £27million upgrade.

School extends its China curriculum to Year 8 girls

Fans of the Far East – Meng Yuan with Colchester Girls High School pupils Scarlett Blacker, April Irons, Isobelle Garland and Bethany Appleton

4:59pm Monday 8th February 2010

ORIENTAL folk dancing and calligraphy were some of the classes pupils at a Colchester school got to grips with as part of a China Day.

Brainwave for a new wheelchair

Brainwave for a new wheelchair

7:10pm Tuesday 2nd February 2010

SCIENTISTS in Colchester have designed a robo-wheelchair which responds to brainwaves.

School deletes pupils' pictures from newsletter

Ema-Louise Ranger with her son, Ryan

4:00pm Tuesday 6th October 2009

A Braintree school's decision to remove photographs of pupils from the online version of its newsletter has been branded “ridiculous”.

Councillor's plea to Ed

9:00am Thursday 1st October 2009

A COLCHESTER councillor has urged education secretary Ed Balls to keep secondary education on offer in the south of Colchester.

Key into music and you’ll learn life skills

10:50pm Tuesday 29th September 2009

WITH a growing emphasis on youngsters learning life skills, one subject promises to teach them all – music.

MOT for teachers will just put more stress on all of us

10:50pm Tuesday 29th September 2009

IF the Government has its way, from next year all teachers will have to apply for a licence to teach.

Schools dishing up best-ever dinners

Yum – Grace Horne has a tasty, but healthy choice of food at Stanway Primary School, Colchester

8:50pm Tuesday 29th September 2009

SCHOOL dinners have evolved since the days of cold sausages and lead-like semolina, and now has never been a better time for children to eat the food their school provides.

Teacher's online guide provides a helping hand for youngsters

Peter Inson was inspired to launch his web guide after hearing about poor literacy skills

8:00pm Tuesday 15th September 2009

Teacher Peter Inson has launched a website he hopes will help pupils to achieve their goals.

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